collectivisation

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Meaning

the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism

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British Medical Journal 1999;319:1619-1621 (18 December) It was only when the famine had wrought its worst that Mao was forced to reverse agricultural collectivisation policies, which were effectively dismantled in 1978. Source: Internet

Finnish reception of Soviet entreaties was decidedly cool, as the violent collectivisation and purges in Stalin's Soviet Union resulted in a poor opinion of the country. Source: Internet

At the end of 1927, a critical shortfall in grain supplies prompted Stalin to push for the collectivisation of agriculture and order the seizure of grain hoards from kulak farmers. Source: Internet

The economic and social plan known as the Great Leap Forward caused an estimated 45 million deaths. citation Mao's government carried out mass executions of landowners, instituted collectivisation and implemented the Laogai camp system. Source: Internet

But Stalin’s decision to proceed with collectivisation drove the two men apart, and Bukharin was expelled from the Politburo. Source: Internet

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