Collectivisation had economic aims (to feed industrial workers, to generate grain for export and to free workers for the towns) and political aims (the elimination of the kulaks, the spreading of communist ideology and the increase of Stalin's control). It had success in achieving some but not all of its aims.

ECONOMIC.
1. Quarter of a million kolkhoz

2. More modern
New methods/ tractors/ fertilisers/ large-scale/ new attitudes (trying to produce as much as possible)

3. Grain
By 1937, 97 million tonnes were produced PLUS cash crops for export.

4. Town workers
17 million peasants left the countryside to work in the towns, 1928–37

BUT
THEORY DIFFERENT FROM REALITY (remember the sheets in your exercise book)

POLITICAL.
5. Communists get complete control

Officials ran farming.
Peasants obeyed the Party, usually out of fear.
Stalin had all power.

OTHER ELEMENTS OF NOT SUCCESSFUL
1. Stock
Fell

2. Famine
In 1932–33; millions died

NB Stalin continued to export grain even at the height of the famine .

3. Kulaks
Many of the so called kulaks were really just hard working and productive peasants (if they were hard working and productive they tended to be richer..... if they were richer they were assumed to be kulaks). Therefore Stalin eliminated the best producers!!