Russia was only importing 10% of farm machinery needed compared to the 80% imported in the beginning of the plans. ... With huge collectivized farms or Kolkhoz and new machinery to increase efficiency fewer peasants were needed to work the farms and moved to the cities to work in the factories. ... Peasants working on the collectivized farms were denied the right to leave the collectives which forced them to apply themselves more heavily to their work. ... They were charged with many crimes, such as plotting industrial sabotage, collaborating with Trotsky to restore capitalism in the Soviet Un...

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