The building of the foundations of socialism in the USSR took place in several stages. To destroy the remnants of capitalist relations, the proletarian state began with the nationalization of enterprises, and then proceeded to industrialization of production and reform of agriculture. The process of collectivization in the countryside in the 30s of the last century gave rise to a phenomenon that was called "dispossession".
Who are the fists?
Collectivization provided for a radical breakdown of previous economic relations in agriculture. It was required to eliminate the remnants of outdated relations in the village, and was also necessary to replenish the state budget. Without this, it was impossible to carry out the rapid and large-scale industrialization of the Land of Soviets. The essence of collectivization was the transition from individual farming to collective farming.
From the previous capitalist system in the country that went through the revolution and civil war, strong peasant farms were preserved, in which the labor of hired laborers was used relatively widely. The heads of such farms since the end of the 19th century were called fists in Russia. The Soviet state set its local executive bodies the task of mercilessly eliminating the kulaks, since the existence of this social stratum prevented the complete elimination of exploitation.
The kulaks in the Soviet Union were equated with the bourgeoisie, which, as many knew from the course of political literacy, was making their infinite fortunes through the ruthless predatory exploitation of the working masses. As long as the centers of capitalist relations remained in the countryside, there could be no talk of the victory of socialism. Such was the ideological basis of the repressions that unfolded in Soviet villages.
