plan government took control agriculture state collective farms ''kolkhozes'' ref name conquest coll conquest robert ''the harvest sorrow soviet collectivization terror famine'' new york oxford university press ref decree february one million individual peasants ''kulaks'' forced land many peasants strongly opposed regimentation state often slaughtering herds faced loss land sections revolted countless peasants deemed kulaks authorities executed combination bad weather deficiencies hastily established collective farms massive confiscation
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