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title: "Soviet Union Collectivizes Agriculture"
year: 1928
country: "Soviet Union"
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startDate: "1928-01-01"
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# Soviet Union Collectivizes Agriculture

> Stalin's forced collectivization campaign seized peasant lands and grain, triggering famine across Ukraine and Kazakhstan that killed millions and consolidated totalitarian control over the economy.

## Summary

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until its dissolution in 1991. It was the world's third-most populous country, the largest by area, and bordered twelve countries. A diverse multinational state, it was organized as a federal union of national republics, with the largest and most populous being the Russian SFSR. In practice, its government and economy were highly centralized. As a one-party state governed by the Communist Party, it was the flagship communist state. Its capital and largest city was Moscow.

## Sources

- [Soviet Union](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union) - Wikipedia

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