Collectivisation Stalin also changed farming. In the late 1920s, Russian farming was not producing enough food. To increase mechanisation and food supply, all the land was taken over by the government (state). Great collective farms were formed and local villages co- operated in working the farms, under the control of the state. Many of the peasants, including the Kulaks (middle-class peasants), resisted the changes. Millions were killed or sent to labour camps (gulags). Millions more died due to famine caused by the conflict between the peasants and the government.
Analysing Sources Reports on Collectivisation LSource 1
