Big turning point

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The great turning point or the great upheaval (Russian: Великий перелом / Weliki perelom , wiss. Transliteration Velikij perelom ) was the radical change in the economic policy of the Soviet Union in the years 1928/1929, which was mainly in the task of after the end of Russian Civil war pursued the new economic policy (NEP) and the acceleration of collectivization of agriculture and industrialization existed. The term comes from the title of Joseph Stalin's article “The year of the great turning point” (Год великого перелома: к XII годовщине Октября - The year of the great turning point: the XIIth anniversary in October ), which took place on November 7, 1929 in Pravda was published, the 12th anniversary of the October Revolution .

The Communist Party under the leadership of Stalin took the path of creating an economy of mobilization with the highest concentration of resources in the hands of the state and political repression against entire classes and social groups. The repressive campaign of so-called “ deculakization ” was carried out against the “ kulaks ” in particular .

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References and footnotes

  1. ↑ God welikogo pereloma: k XII godowschtschine Oktjabrja ( Russian Год великого перелома: к XII годовщине Октября , scientific transliteration God velikogo pereloma: k XII godovščine Oktjabrja )
  2. ↑ Lynne Viola, p.24 .

literature

  • Lynne Viola : Peasant Rebels Under Stalin: Collectivization and the Culture of Peasant Resistance. Oxford University Press 1996
  • Bernhard Marquardt: Totalitarianism, a failed system of rule. 1991

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Great turn (alternative names of the lemma)
Great upheaval; Great turnaround; Big breakthrough; Veliki perelom; Великий перелом; Velikij perelom; Great turn; Great break