Soviet collectivization and the Central Asian cotton campaign (1928–1960s)

1. Central Asian national delimitation reshapes republic borders

   Oct 14, 1924Labels: National delimitation, Uzbek SSR, Tajik ASSR

   • Britannica
   • Tajik ASSR
   • Uzbek SSR

2. Uzbek SSR created during Soviet delimitation

   Oct 27, 1924Labels: Uzbek SSR

   • Uzbek SSR
   • Uzbekistan

3. Turkmen SSR proclaimed as a union republic

   May 13, 1925Labels: Turkmen SSR

   • Turkmen SSR
   • Britannica

4. “Little October” confiscations launched in Kazakhstan

   Jan 1, 1928Labels: Little October, Kazakhstan

   • Collectivization
   • Kazakh famine

5. Tajik SSR formed from Tajik ASSR

   Dec 5, 1929Labels: Tajik SSR

   • Tajik SSR
   • Tajik ASSR

6. Stalin announces “liquidation of kulaks as a class”

   Dec 27, 1929Labels: Stalin, Kulaks

   • Soviet famine

7. Kazakh famine peaks amid forced collectivization

   Jan 1, 1930Labels: Kazakh famine

   • Kazakh famine
   • Collectivization

8. Stalin’s “Dizzy with Success” signals temporary retreat

   Mar 2, 1930Labels: Dizzy with, Stalin

   • Pravda text
   • Collectivization

9. Machine-tractor stations expand across Soviet agriculture

   Jan 1, 1931Labels: Machine-tractor stations, MTS

   • Britannica MTS
   • Stalin report

10. Virgin Lands campaign begins, reshaping Kazakh agriculture

    Jan 1, 1954Labels: Virgin Lands, Khrushchev

    • Virgin Lands

11. Construction begins on the Karakum Canal

    Jan 1, 1954Labels: Karakum Canal, Amu Darya

    • Karakum Canal
    • Transport TM

12. MTS abolished and machinery sold to collective farms

    Jan 1, 1958Labels: MTS abolition, Collective farms

    • Britannica MTS
    • CIA brief

13. Sharof Rashidov becomes First Secretary in Uzbekistan

    Mar 15, 1959Labels: Sharof Rashidov, Uzbek Communist

    • Cotton scandal

14. Karakum Canal reaches Ashgabat’s water supply

    May 12, 1962Labels: Karakum Canal, Ashgabat

    • Transport TM