ATTITUDE OF UKRAINIANS TOWARD COLLECTIVIZATION AND THE SOVIET REGIME

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040145-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 145
• Publication Date: May 15, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFICATION c:Q^iF'iDENl'IR.i~
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCt AGENCY
INS?R~A~~~~ ~EP~~T
COUNTRY 'USSR
PIAGE
AC~UIREO
DATE
ACQUiREO
11A1'8 OF
Attit?~de of l3ks'siai~ tvxard Collectivi :atior_
snd the. Soviet l...gime
.,DATE DISTR. /:~ )Ifay 1953
N0. OF ENCLS.
lL!STEG BELOW)
SUE'PLEM:NT TO
REPORT N0.
2. LTkrainisan xere Strictly agaiae ; co lecti~lzstioz.. 'r$e: p:',:c.y took avq their
land, tattler snd other reraonel prc~rty anr_ 1;; too]. ,r,+s;~ certain frEedoeB.
Oppertunitiee for making a t+eoe:!t ZiV~ g xere comgletsl,; ::~r*.ailed Por
Lfkreinians vao did no, collet+.iri2.e. Hi Eh urea, +.~al~oy,aibie t:o pay; were levied
ogalnst farmer3. Tn order to axial, therefore; farmer? hai to submit to
collectivization, Nlar.; means of F?e.ee _we rseimlar_ce z~-re attsnpted, of course.
These consisted of ?mprupr,?^ tillage of ac=:., ;;,~,t,e i..,nnt>~ ,>1~:ow-i~~e many xeede to grox.
3 Freedom of rallgiox~ di3 not exisi folioxing '.he Re~-o;L_;icr~ even from the
beginning. Churc:hea ire*~ deat*cyed or they vaz?e conver*~_d 3~:e storage buildings
oz cln~` hoses. Priests and ether charch personnel were alyi^ ar seat to Siberia.
Those rho attended the fe~v remaining chnrchea k?ere Sevier ~:?~;,stsnt surveillance.
Moe: peepls conc~:rd sar~?-rFs in their h~>mes or in P?:seats, Such persecution
held axay ir. apita .~f the fact tt-,at th~ Sct ie ; ccr;.r? .-*. -ion 3tat4d specifically
that there xos~d be freedom of rel:gien.
'~. 1- program or 2tU8b1e,L; :atioe begat; in s^. ?-volutioaary meaner throughout the
Ukraine. This use trn,e eepecisllf in. large cities. Zi Win: on !.n capita np
the fact tYist the So~~net co7atitutioa allaxed far ax~t_ontili5tic cultural
freedoms to remain. Conversation in LTFxaini,y, *~e not forbisvan of:icially,
but larger schools beggn coadu::ting their- _oureae is t?`e Rt;t+sian laagtiage and
introduced Raseiaa tetttbcoke. Tcvard the end of r4v g~ri:.d in the LJSS>i1 (up
to 19W+), it teas dnngeroue to COaveTEe in Ulcraiz3.sn snyxhere. It van during
this period that Ukrainian culture teas called the Prodact of the "Great Rnsaian
Batioz".
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5. Concerning controls imposed on Ukrainian irahabitgnta and documents which they
had to possess, all Ukrainlarae had to carry P document calls3 s national passport.
They carried this conatently. 2"._is zo-called passport, however, did not give an
individual the privilege to travti. ?`ravel vas n..t only forbidden outside the
country but betireen cities in the Ukraine. To travel between cities, one had to
obtain sFeciai permiPSiou Aram the i?clice. '1`his involved ansrering standard
slueatione t Why are you going*,, "Where", "To Whom", and "Host long Mill you stn "
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6. Qencerri t. + a - in6ta1,7,gtioae it Itiev,
opposito
~~ ~oiia ~atinearal.
impossible to eecux t baeame
FKVIi. They had breach ntYires ,~. o+.t oatsin~ng shoo:; 20 epec:ial permits tram the
~~ated 3n e?~er ~Pactory; in Avery institution cP
learning, snd in every polic_ station.
7? 3'he greater portion oP Ukrainians xere, snd always Sr1i1 te, against the regime.
Developed as it sras out oY s, rregr~ of tE_rar, a+?,ar~,tie;a, genocide, and natruth,
1t was euppnrted by only an infinitesimal percenteae e* the pup?7,^?, __,
9. At the beginning of the regime, the propaganda of ?vli. treedo1a was accepted and
parhe~pe liked '~~ the peoplm after having been under the s?ridom of the Caariet
regime for many vearA. This ?reedam, howbver was noon. proves to be only propaganda.
The dislikes sraxt and acs toc n,:.une.roug to mention. A Yesr of tse moat important
include:
a. grace in~ueticos tc the inte7ligenteis
b. curtailment of freedom of religion and cuit:xe
c. complete destruction of faith end trust among paopLe
d. ~Solishment of personal sad private pro~ie`:ty
e. shot+..eges n, 9rae trade sra? oraani.ze? h?~5~e- fr 3 errcr campaigns
f_ iscr+_tierr7 *.hr^~t o? ".ils to SibFrt,n
Besides the oppositl~': ot: *.hP pa.r;: -,f ,~clh~tiz.t~ed `rsrm~enR. In earl,' days
after the $? volution, cppositicn v-ae ac great tCa, Kies +~
the Red Army to !'apt:are it. As time wPr.?, o!+., `"`6 ~t c'ff 15 a..empte of
>;cwever _hF S?~vie#- Ara~}r increased in
strength to AUCh PrOr?c~t-ti'nrc t~Jh+.. ~egB:YN 2'eaia G!inrs ~L^li rf;~- ~yi-~
vanished. The incresned atren th or the co.., ~ - ona='y methods
populace to have acme and to ;:rg!s:,iae, T''CrF: wez??wi `:ts:.?"P.-,fin;'~~Uy forbidding the
of resisting villagers rar~i yA:.? - omplete liquidation
ling os the.:r riliagPa. S:ac~ ?r~rp Stith complete
disregard f^_r the oi.~l, for ;;caen, an3 for cbz'!!ir~n, a w~ ,.
cf in.erior prad.iction in `actor n ??-~?--_ :i;vt took th ~.>rm
1 _a; 9poi3Age gar ?sad .~n:i 3air;~ roducts tYwot
improper storage sad ^rsrF, sn3 a del'_herate etn~.dovn ,;~ p ~
.rs-t,ep^r. tatioa.
It was loeatad ?aet
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