Search for: [Abstract = "However, instead of feeling sorrow and grief, people, especially the rural population, were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, treating Stalin`s death as an opportunity to change their previous situation. Rural areas played a key role in the collectivization, which was being introduced at that time within the framework of the six\-year plan. Despite the declaration of establishing new cooperatives, the belief that this process was going to be stopped \- even though it was contrary to the objectives of the authorities \- was widespread in the society."]