This document originally appeared on the Durham University website at www.dur.ac.uk/~dml0www/collfarm.html
This webpage went down in February 2005, so I have copied it here.
COLLECTIVE FARMS OF THE USSR, 1929-1940
Year | No. of collective
farms in 1,000's |
Sown area of collect-
ive farms, mill. h/ares |
% of collective sown area
serviced by MTS |
1929 | 57.0 | 4.2 | - |
1930 | 85.9 | 38.1 | 27.4 |
1931 | 211.1 | 79.0 | 37.1 |
1932 | 211.1 | 91.5 | 49.3 |
1033 | 224.6 | 93.6 | 58.7 |
1934 | 233.3 | 98.6 | 63.9 |
1935 | 245.4 | 104.5 | 72.4 |
1936 | 242.2 | 110.5 | 82.8 |
1937 | 243.7 | 116.0 | 91.2 |
1938 | 242.4 | 117.2 | 93.3 |
1939 | 241.1 | 114.9 | 94.0 |
1940 | 236.3 | 117.6 | 94.5 |
(N.B. - The decrease in the numbers of collective farms after 1935 was due to the merging of small collective farms in a number of districts)