Source 21.1 The Results of the First Five-Year Plan
Source 21.2 The Day of Harvest and Collectivization
Source 21.3A “Branded Kulaks and Dispossessed”
Source 21.3B Letter from Feigin to Ordzhonikidze
Source 21.3C Leaving the Collective Farms
Source 21.4 Religion Is the Enemy of Industrialization
Source 21.5A Letter in a Newspaper from a Tatar Electrician
Source 21.5B Newspaper Commentary by an Engineer
Source 21.5C Letter to a Soviet Official from a Worker
Source 21.5D Letter from a Student to His Teacher
Source 21.5E Two Comments from Factory Workers Found in Soviet Archives
Source 21.5F Entry from a Worker’s Diary
Source 21.5G Comment from an Anonymous Communist in Soviet Archives
Source 21.6A Arrest and Interrogation
Source 21.6B A Day in Kolyma
Source 21.6C Sending a Parcel
Instructions
This exercise asks you to assess the relationship between conclusions and evidence. Identify which of the following conclusions are supported by the specific piece of evidence. Click yes for those pieces of evidence that support the conclusion and no for those that do not.
Conclusion A
Some individuals found opportunities for personal advancement in the Soviet Union under Stalin.
Conclusion B
Some groups and individuals suffered terribly in the Soviet Union under Stalin.
Conclusion C
Socialist ideals and values were betrayed or perverted during Stalin’s rule.
Conclusion D
The fundamental goals of Stalinism, including industrialization, collectivization of agriculture, and the creation of a society without privileged elite classes, were largely achieved during the 1930s.