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collectivization

[kuh-lek-tuh-vahy-zey-shuhn] / kəˌlɛk təˌvaɪˈzeɪ ʃən /


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Ukrainian villages have bounced back before, from war, famine and collectivization.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2023

Accordingly, the collectivization of Polish agriculture was ended, Soviet advisers were sent home, political prisoners were released, and greater freedom was given to the Roman Catholic Church.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born to a peasant family on March 2, 1931, amid one of dictator Josef Stalin’s most savage endeavors, the forced collectivization of agriculture that left millions of rural Russians to starve.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2022

British journalist Walter Duranty had won a Pulitzer Prize in 1932 for his stories on the supposed success of collectivization and other Soviet policies.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2022

In addition to the collectivization of farms, the Five-Year Plans also aimed to industrialize the USSR.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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