What was the effect of Stalin’s agricultural policies on the Soviet peasants?

(A) Forced resettlement to Georgia because it had more arable land (B) Resistance through the destruction of crops and widespread famine (C) Greater economic stability through the introduction of new types of grain (D) Improved social status due to their importance to the Soviet economyExplanation: The peasants under Stalin exerted resistance by destroying crops (and thus his positive data about crop production). Ultimately, collectivization led to repression and the outright slaughter of peasants and to famine. While there was some relocation of peasants during collectivization, they were not removed en masse to Georgia (A). Rather than seeing increased economic stability, the peasants lost what little economic stability they had had (C). The situation of the peasantry was negatively rather than positively affected by Stalin’s economic policies (D).