Transformation of land ownership and land use in Kyrgyzstan in the 1920s

The problems of land and water reform in the south of Kyrgyzstan in 1927-1928 are considered. It is noted that the agrarian issue has not yet been resolved in the early years of Soviet power. The main task of the Soviet government was to seize land, agricultural implements and other property from large landowners and provide them to landless and land-poor peasants. In the southern regions of Kyrgyzstan, large landowners (16.8% of all farms) concentrated in their hands more than half of all land (52.2%), more than a third of working livestock and equipment (39.8% and 35.2%, respectively). For the implementation of the land reform in the southern volosts, preparatory work and a statistical and economic survey were carried out. During the reform, various forms of protest arose, conflicts on the part of large landowners, Russian kulaks. As a result of the reform in the Osh and Jalal-Abad cantons, 278 large bai, 219 large merchants and other non-working households were liquidated, and 3447 households were infringed. It is noted that the land and water reform was a prerequisite for the collectivization of agriculture.