Agricultural and social developments in the countryside

What was one of the aims of the 'Great Turn' during the first Five Year Plan?

• To decrease grain production by 50 percent

• To maintain the level of grain production as it was

• To increase grain production by 50 percent

• To import grain to support the Soviet economy

What was collectivisation supposed to replace?

• The Marxist-Leninist theory

• The New Economic Policy (NEP)

• The capitalist farming methods

• The individual farms

When did Stalin give his 'war against the kulaks' speech to the Party Congress?

• 1929

• 1930

• 1931

• 1932

What was the official stance on collectivisation in December 1929 for peasants?

• It was voluntary and peasants joined willingly.

• It was forced through a campaign of intimidation.

• It was only for wealthy peasants.

• It was a secret government operation.

Who were targeted as Stalin announced they would be annihilated as a class during collectivisation?

• The poorest peasants

• The industrial workers

• The kulaks

• The local police

What method was expanded in May 1929 to enforce grain requisitioning?

• The Bukharin method

• The Urals-Siberian method

• The Red Army method

• The OGPU method

What was the role of the 25,000 Party activists sent into the countryside in November 1929?

• To provide military support to the peasants

• To assist in technical aspects of farming

• To promote the benefits of collective farms and provide technical help

• To collect taxes from the peasants

What was the real motivation behind villagers joining collective farms?

• Positive messages from Party officials

• Fear of what was happening to the kulaks

• The desire to share in the collective harvests

• The influence of local police

What percentage of farms in the USSR had voluntarily collectivised at the start of 1929?

• 5%

• 15%

• 20%

• 50%

By what year did Stalin announce that 50 percent of peasant farms across the USSR had been collectivised?

• 1929

• 1930

• 1931

• 1941