Collectivisation
What Collectivisation means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
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A policy introduced to address the limitations of the NEP and fund rapid industrialisation through mechanisation and economies of scale on collective farms.
Pooling land into cooperatives and communes, following early land reform that redistributed land to peasants, with effects on peasants and production.
A policy whose enforcement was a reason for persecution and which faced fierce resistance in areas like Ukraine.
Topics that use Collectivisation
- China 1950–1981: The People and the State (J410/01) - Establishing Communism in China 1950–1965 (OCR GCSE)
- Option 30: Key topic 4: Economic and social changes, 1924–41 - 1 Agriculture and collectivisation (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option 30: Key topic 4: Economic and social changes, 1924–41 - 4 The position of women and ethnic minorities (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Holodomor
- Economic efficiency
- Ideological implementation
- Kulaks
- New Economic Policy (NEP)
- Political consolidation
- Political representation and equality
- Russification
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