On this day, 95 years ago, on January 5, 1930 (December 6, 1929, the lunar calendar), Stalin began to implement agricultural collectivization. January 5, 1930. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin once again taught Russian farmers what communism was. He formally collectivized Russia's farms and established agricultural cooperatives. Under this system, land, livestock and all agricultural tools became the property of the state-owned cooperative. Farmers can use state property managed by a government official for free. The farm's income is distributed based on the amount and quality of farmers 'labor, and each farmer can own a house, garden, cowshed and a cow. They can sell vegetables grown in their gardens and keep the income to themselves. Stalin believed that if this communist experiment was to succeed, it would have to make sacrifices and uphold the law. The recession of the Western economy gave Stalin some time to conduct such experiments.