# Collectivisation and dekulakisation (1929)

URL: https://history-russia.com/timeline/1929-collectivisation-and-dekulakisation
Categories: main-event

From late 1929 Stalin forced peasants into collective farms. Better-off peasants labelled 'kulaks' were dispossessed; about 1.8 million were deported in 1930-1931 alone. Peasants slaughtered livestock in protest. Stalin briefly paused the campaign in March 1930 with the article 'Dizzy with Success'. Collectivisation destroyed traditional peasant agriculture and led to famine.

## Why it matters
Collectivisation destroyed traditional peasant agriculture and led to famine.

Ruler at the time: [Joseph Stalin](https://history-russia.com/rulers/joseph-stalin)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Collectivization in the Soviet Union](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collectivization_in_the_Soviet_Union)
- [Wikipedia — Dekulakization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekulakization)
- [Wikipedia — Stalinism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalinism)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Collectivisation and dekulakisation](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Collectivisation+and+dekulakisation)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of Russian history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history)