Kolkhozes

• Kolkhozes was the name given to collective farms, and by 1940, there were 240,000 Kolkhozes across Russia.

  These were often made up of 50-100 families, each with a chairman who would be a communist party member from the town.

  His job would be to ensure there was no withholding of grain by the peasants and he would likely also be the one to give out their pay.
• The hours worked by peasants on Kolkhozes was decided by the state.

  The majority of produce was taken for a fixed low price, which meant lower and bad pay for peasants.

  No matter your role on the Kolkhozes, everyone was paid the exact same, state decided wage.
• The peasants who lived there, often were born there and unable to work elsewhere. After 1935, peasants were allowed a small area of the farm to themselves, in which they could keep a limited number of animals.