The Ural-Siberian method was an extraordinary approach launched in the Soviet Union for the collection of grain from the countryside. It was introduced in Urals and Siberia, hence the name. The Ural-Siberian method was a return to the drastic policies that had characterized War Communism in the period prior to Lenin’s New Economic Policy.
A distinctive feature of the method was its appearance as the people's initiative: village communities were required to set high quotas on local kulaks (rich peasants) to fulfill the most part of the village obligation in grain.
Criticized by the Right Opposition for being a restoration of extraordinary measures, it was nevertheless approved and eventually received legislative support in June 1929.
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