Collectivisation and “dekulakisation”
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
List the methods used in collectivisation (three, from the lesson).
Threats of cutting off water, withholding goods, heavy taxes, threats of deportation.
2
Write the difference between a kolkhoz and a sovkhoz.
A kolkhoz is a collective farm (an association of members); a sovkhoz is a state farm (workers receive wages).
3
If 5,000 wealthy farms were liquidated and 23,000 well-off farms lost land, how many farms were affected in total?
28000
4
The return from exile stretched over 1934–1956. How many years is this?
22
5
Describe the events of 1930 as a 6–7 sentence diary entry from the viewpoint of a peasant family (without distressing detail).
Sample: being called to the meeting, pressure to join, fear of losing property, the family’s worry and uncertainty.