They preferred work in factories to taking jobs on collectives.
They were working with foreign powers opposed to the Soviet Union.
They wanted to keep control of their land and did not want to work for the government in
collective farms.
They feared the government would obstruct their plans to modernize their farms.
The most likely reason why peasants resisted collectivization is that they wanted to keep control of their land and did not want to work for the government in collective farms. Peasants valued their independence and autonomy as landowners, and collectivization threatened to take away their control over their own farms. Additionally, the fear that the government would obstruct their plans to modernize their farms could have also played a role in their resistance to collectivization. Peasants may have believed that they could modernize their farms more effectively on their own, rather than being forced to work on collective farms.
