Effects-collectivism&industrialisation-Soviet people 1930
‘How did collectivism and industrialisation affect the lives of the people in the Soviet Union during the 1930’s?’ Stalin’s approach ‘socialism in one country’, created a great need for developing the industrial and military might of the Soviet Union. However his plan to industrialise Russia could only be carried out if they were able to import machinery from the West. This capital would have to be paid for, so it was decided funding would be generated by the exportation of one saleable item the country possessed at the time, food. In order to collect enough capital to engage in his speedy industrialisation plan, Stalin brought in the three five years plans in which collectivisation occurred in the first. Collectivisation, caused by the need for rapid industrialisation put enormous pressures on the Soviet people, and had catastrophic effects for them. In 1928, famine threatened the people of the Soviet Union once again. The production of food was not keeping up with the population’s demand and Stalin’s industrialisation programme for the country could only be carried out if it were able to import machinery from the west, in effect squeezing investment capital out of the peasantry. Partly because of the weather and part
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Approximate Word count = 1801
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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