why did kulaks oppose collectivization
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Stalin and the CPSU blamed the prosperous peasants, referred to as 'kulaks' (Russian: fist), who were organizing resistance to collectivization. Allegedly, many kulaks had been hoarding grain in order to speculate on higher prices, thereby sabotaging grain collection. Stalin resolved to eliminate them as a class.
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"Look at the kulak farms : their barns and sheds are crammed with grain. And yet they are holding onto this grain because they are demanding three times the price offered by the government." - Stalin 1928
Kulaks are... "rich peasants who exploit the labor of others, either hiring them for work, or lending them money at interest, and so forth. this group supports the landowners and capitalists, the enemies of the Soviet power" - Lenin Collected Works
The kulaks were considered the enemies of the working class
Stalin believed that Russia needed to be able to feed itself, and in order for the five year plans to work, there needed to be a source of food for the workers in the factories. Stalin’s solution to this was collectivization.
The kulaks strongly opposed collectivization; they believed that their hard work was being taken advantage of. (Many peasants opposed collectivization, not only kulaks). The kulaks did not want to sell their grain to the government because it had low purchasing prices.
Kulaks refused to give away their grain, some destroyed their crops and livestock to prevent it from being taken by soldiers or secret police or to avoid giving it to the kolkhoz
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