kolkhozes, were where "the peasants held in common their land, their livestock, their agricultural implements and their work" . Stalin's belief in the kolkhozy's and solkhozy's increased when he discovered that the marketing potential was four times greater that that of private peasants . He set a quantitative target that the state should have 250 million pounds of grain at its disposal at any given time . The collectivized farms were also used to ensure that the farmers would sell the grain,
             Sovkhozy, kolkhozy and contracts signed with peasants'
             associations would produce this quantity, and the state would
             thus be able to supply the key sectors of the economy and the
             army, and to operate on the national (and international) markets,
             thereby forcing the peasants to sell their surpluses to the state
             because of competition due to the reserves it had in hand .
             Soon after the goals were set in the Five-Year Plan the collectivization began with force.
             In order to begin collectivization Stalin needed equipment and livestock. He looked toward the kulaks for the equipment and livestock because they were the wealthier peasants. "Word went out that the kulaks, ie., the most successful peasants... and all other recalcitrant peasants who sided with them, were to be "liquidated as a class"" Much hostility was felt between the government and the kulaks when the collectivization process began, but bitterness between the kulaks and the gove
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