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GCSE History · key term
A collective farm on which peasants pooled land, livestock and equipment and worked under state supervision.
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Paper 1
Revise: Modernisation of the USSROn a kolkhoz, peasants pooled their land, livestock and equipment; a sovkhoz was owned and run directly by the state. Stalin argued that larger farms could use machinery more efficiently and produce more food.
Paper 3
A collective farm whose members shared resources and worked to government targets. State demands had to be met before members could benefit from the remaining produce or income.
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On a kolkhoz, or collective farm, peasants pooled resources and worked to government production targets. State demands came first; members shared the benefits remaining afterwards. This meant that peasants no longer had the same freedom to decide how to farm or dispose of their produce.