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Step 4 of 16 · November 1932

Fines in kind and the black boards

Lagging kolkhozes must hand back the grain already paid to their members, and households are fined in meat and potatoes. A troika gets the power to sentence people to death.

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Circles show each 1932 oblast's total losses for 1932–34 (HURI); no month-by-month split per oblast is published. Borders and the cordon are approximate.

Claims

FamineHigh confidence
1) Time range
1932-11-18 … 1932-11-20
2) Group profile
Politburo of the CP(b)U CC · Led by Stanisław Kosior (First Secretary); government version signed by Vlas Chubar (Chairman, RNK UkrSSR) on 20 NovSelector: About 9–11 members, Kharkiv
3) Decisions
  1. Ordered lagging kolkhozes to take back grain advances paid to members for workdays
  2. Introduced fines in kind (meat at a 15-month delivery norm, later potatoes and lard)
  3. Allowed "malicious" kolkhozes to be put on the black board
  4. Ordered searches for "stolen" grain and prosecution under the 7 August law
Affected
All lagging kolkhozes and individual farmers of Ukraine; the fines often exceeded a household's whole grain target
Gap
The same measures are dated 18, 20 or 28 Nov 1932 depending on the source.

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FamineMedium confidence
1) Time range
1932-11-21 … 1932-11-26
2) Group profile
Politburo of the VKP(b) CC; Ukrainian GPU · On Molotov's proposal; GPU chief Stanislav Redens, OGPU envoy Vsevolod BalytskySelector: Kharkiv
3) Decisions
  1. Approved a CP(b)U troika able to pass death sentences in procurement cases
  2. Redens planned an operation across 243 raions against "counter-revolutionary centres"
Affected
Village officials and kolkhoz heads: 3,525 village leaders arrested for "sabotage"; about 72,000 arrests by December
Gap
Arrest totals (21,197 vs 72,000) cover different periods and agencies.

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