1. Stalin
The collectivization of the farms was an integral element of ideal Socialism, but Stalin neglected to consider the fragility of the economy, and the collectivization effort resulted in famine and catastrophe. The Five-year plan envisaged that 85% of all peasant farmland would partition into cooperative farms within five years. Along with the Collectivization of farms and the devastation of the individual farmer, Stalin's agrarian revolution also included the elimination of the wealthy peasantry, the kulaks. ... "The peasant loathed the exploitation which kept him and his family perman...
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