Grain Procurement Crisis of 1927–28
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An economic crisis in the Soviet Union from late 1927 through 1928, when state grain procurements collapsed despite a good harvest, as peasants, especially kulaks, withheld grain in protest against low procurement prices and scarce consumer goods. Stalin responded with forced requisitions under Article 107 of the Criminal Code and the 'Ural-Siberian method,' and the crisis became the watershed that ended NEP and pushed the regime toward forced collectivization.
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- Wikipedia (EN) comprehensive English Wikipedia article on the crisis: background, emergence, goods shortage, Stalin's response, and consequences including the end of NEP and turn to collectivization
- Wikipedia (RU) Russian Wikipedia article 'Bread Strike': details on price dynamics, market distortions, introduction of rationing, and the crisis as impetus for mass collectivization
- Marxists Internet Archive Stalin's January 1928 statements in Siberia demanding enforcement of Article 107 against kulak grain speculators and ordering compulsory delivery of surpluses
- encyclopedia.com Encyclopedia of Russian History entry: the grain crisis as turning point in Soviet policy, showing Stalin's view of kulaks as enemy and establishing the context for harsh collectivization