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collectivization

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


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There, she discovered that Mao’s earlier experiment with collectivization had been a disaster.

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023

More than half the nation’s livestock was lost under collectivization in the 1930s, and the numbers did not recover until the 1950s.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

His grandfather on his father’s side, Andrei, rejected collectivization and tried to make it on his own.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 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

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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