▁of ▁traditional ism ▁that ▁stood ▁in ▁the ▁way ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁state ' s ▁goals . ▁ ▁Given ▁the ▁goals ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁Five ▁Year ▁Plan , ▁the ▁state ▁sought ▁increased ▁political ▁control ▁of ▁agricult ure ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁feed ▁the ▁rapidly ▁growing ▁urban ▁population ▁and ▁to ▁obtain ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁foreign ▁currency ▁through ▁increased ▁c ere al ▁exports . ▁Given ▁its ▁late ▁start , ▁the ▁USS R ▁needed ▁to ▁import ▁a ▁substantial ▁number ▁of ▁the ▁expensive ▁techn ologies ▁necessary ▁for ▁heavy ▁industrial ization . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 3 6 , ▁about ▁ 9 0 % ▁of ▁Soviet ▁agricult ure ▁had ▁been ▁collect iv ized . ▁In ▁many ▁cases , ▁pe as ants ▁bitter ly ▁opposed ▁this ▁process ▁and ▁often ▁sla ugh tered ▁their ▁animals ▁rather ▁than ▁give ▁them ▁to ▁collect ive ▁far ms , ▁even ▁though ▁the ▁government ▁only ▁wanted ▁the ▁gra in . ▁K ul aks , ▁prosper ous ▁pe as ants , ▁were ▁for ci b ly ▁res ett led ▁to ▁Kaz akh stan , ▁Si ber ia ▁and ▁the ▁Russian ▁Far ▁North ▁( a ▁large ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁k ul aks ▁served ▁at ▁forced ▁labor ▁cam ps ). ▁However , ▁just ▁about ▁anyone ▁oppos ing ▁collect iv ization ▁was ▁de emed ▁a ▁" k ul ak ". ▁ ▁The ▁policy ▁of ▁liquid ation ▁of ▁k ul aks ▁as ▁a ▁class — form ulated ▁by ▁St alin ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 9 — me ant ▁some ▁execution s , ▁and ▁even ▁more ▁deport ation