Stalin - USSR - Industrialisation - collectivisation - Reasons the policy was adopted

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IndustrialisationCollectivisationReasons the policy was adoptedWhen Stalin came into power there were a lot of people that did not have jobs and something had to be one about the level of unemployment. Also, Russia was behind most of the other countries in Europe in technology and industry. Russia was a country that was behind the times and needed to be brought up to speed. In order for the five-year plan to be successful, Stalin needed to modernise the USSR’s agriculture. This was vital beacuse the population of the industrail centres was growing rapidly and yet as early as 1928 the country was already 2 million tons short of the grain it needed to feed its workers. Stalin also wanted to raise money for his industrialisation  programme by selling exports of surplis food abroad.  Farms were too small and very inefficient. They were too small to use tractors, fertilisers and other modern methods. Measures taken to enforce the policyPropaganda was used a lot
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to enforce the policy with the people. Many of the leaflets and posters that were circualated showed pictures of Alexei Stakhanov, he was a miner that managed to cut 102 tons of coal in one shift (he was helped by two men and the coal was quite an easy cut). His image was used to encourage workers to become Heroes of Socialist Labour, just like Stakhanov. Also, chreches and day care centres were introduced so that more women would be encouraged to join the workforce. Stalin offered bonuses and and well-paid jobs to the people of Russia. Peasents were to ...

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