The Ural-Siberian method[1] was an extraordinary approach launched in the Soviet Union for the collection of grain from the countryside.
[3] Criticized by the Right Opposition for being a restoration of extraordinary measures, it was nevertheless approved and eventually received legislative support in June 1929.
[2] The initial version of the Ural-Siberian method was first suggested by Ural obkom of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), based on the actual practice used there in 1928.
[4] Some researchers believe that this relative success convinced Stalin of the efficiency of a forced administrative approach to the peasantry, further developed in the policy of total collectivization in the USSR.
[3] Additional information became available after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, which provided greater clarity regarding adoption of the Ural-Siberian method.