Did Kulaks Burn Grain?
Some [Kulaks] Murdered Officials, Set the Torch to the Property of the Collectives, and Even Burned Their Own Crops and Seed Grain. .. . Most of the Victims...
Some [kulaks] murdered officials, set the torch to the property of the collectives, and even burned their own crops and seed grain. ... Most of the victims were kulaks who had refused to sow their fields or had destroyed their crops.
Did kulaks cause famine?
Kulaks who were the wealthier peasants encountered particular hostility from the Stalin regime. ... Forced collectivization helped achieve Stalin's goal of rapid industrialization but it also contributed to a catastrophic famine in 1932–33.
What was the impact on the kulaks and agricultural production?
The forced collectivization and class war against (vaguely defined) "kulaks" under Stalinism greatly disrupted farm output in the 1920s and 1930s, contributing to the Soviet famine of 1932–33 (most especially the holodomor in Ukraine).
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