Collectivization disrupted agricultural production from "summary" of A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
Collectivization, imposed on the Soviet peasantry in the late 1920s, was a drastic attempt by the Bolshevik regime to transform the agrarian economy to support industrialization. The government sought to collectivize the millions of small peasant farms into large collective farms, in order to increase agricultural productivity and free up labor for industrial work. However, the policy was met with fierce resistance from the peasantry, who viewed their land and livestock as private property that they had worked hard to acquire. The process of collectivization was chaotic and violent, with party activists and state officials using force and coercion to implement the policy. Peasants who resisted collectivization were labeled "kulaks" and were subjected to harassment, arrest, and even execution. This campaign of terror created a climate of fear and distrust among the peasantry, leading to widespread sabota...
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