After becoming undisputed leader of Russia Stalin pursued policies designed to achieve a modernised, powerful and communist nation. He adopted collectivisation from 1928 to 1940, this involved consolidation of individual land into collective farms, with the primary aim of increasing the food supply for urban workers. This policy was regarded as the solution to the backwardness in the agricultural system which was hundreds of years behind western powers. Collectivisation was also carried out with the aim and expectation of bringing about a greater socialist society, bring the peasants into line with the communist leadership and further strengthen Stalins authority. When all these aims and the effects and results of them, collectivisation was clearly a success, although there were drawbacks and fundamental problems with the application of policy.
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