collectivization
Example Sentences
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Ukrainian villages have bounced back before, from war, famine and collectivization.
From New York Times
In addition to the collectivization of farms, the Five-Year Plans also aimed to industrialize the USSR.
From Literature
There, she discovered that Mao’s earlier experiment with collectivization had been a disaster.
From New York Times
Forced collectivization of agriculture under Joseph Stalin, Lenin’s successor as the Soviet leader, drove a wave of famine in the early 1930s.
From New York Times
No, China is probably not headed for another famine like the one that killed millions as a result of Mao’s insistence on a disruptive bid for simultaneous industrialization and agriculture collectivization between 1958 and 1962.
From Washington Post
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