Joseph Stalin Part 2: The Secretary Becomes Dictator
Real Dictators
Stalin's Agricultural Reformation
Stalin, firmly in charge of the Soviet Union by the time of his 50th birthday, believes in enforcing drastic agricultural reforms by replacing unproductive peasants with tractors. He deems the peasant class as needing enslavement, leading to violent actions against kulaks, land-owning farmers. Stalin's focus is on empowering the proletariat in the cities, as they form his support base in his quest to modernize Russian agriculture.
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