AQA A Level History – Russia – Collectivisation – Graded Questions and Correct Answers (2025/2026)

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AQA A LEVEL HISTORY RUSSIA:
Collectivisation Questions and Correct Answers/
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When was the Great Turn?

Ans: 1929


By 1928, what % of peasants were on collective farms?

Ans: Less than 5%


What occurred in winter 1927 to 1928 that drove collectivisation?

Ans: Grain procurement crisis.


What did Stalin announce in December 1929 regarding kulaks?

Ans: He would 'annihilate the kulaks as a class'.


Who drove peasants into collective farms?

Ans: Local party members, the Red Army and OGPU.


What % of peasant households were kulaks?

Ans: 4%


What % of peasant households were destroyed by the Red Army/OGPU?

Ans: 15%


What did Stalin announce in January 1930 regarding collectivisation?



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Ans: 25% of grain-farming areas were to be collectivised that year.


What % of peasant households were collectivised by March 1930?

Ans: 58%


What article did Stalin write to permit a brief return to voluntary collectivisation?

Ans: Dizzy with Success.


In October 1930, what % of peasant households were collectivised?

Ans: 20%.


When did collectivisation speed up again?

Ans: 1931.


What % of peasant households were collectivised in 1931?

Ans: 50%.


What % of peasant households were collectivised in 1935?

Ans: 75%.


What % of peasant households were collectivized in 1941?

Ans: 100%.


What is the difference between Sovkhoz and Kolkhoz farms?




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