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Socialism in Europe and the Russia
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Discuss the agricultural policy employed in Soviet Union after first world war.

Answer

The agricultural policy are discussed below:
(i)After the first war, large estates of Church, landlords, nobility, etc were taken away by the government and that lands were distributed among the peasants.

(ii)After first world war, land was taken away from large holders and was distributed among peasants. But these peasants had very small holdings of land which was not very productive. That's why a new method of agriculture was introduced and that was collective farms. This idea promoted collective farming by bringing land of small peasants together with higher yield.

(iii)Rich farmers opposed the idea of collective farm. They were dealt harshly by government. With this landlords were oppressed.

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