Agrarian Policy of the CommunistParty of the Soviet Union, =a scientificallysubstantiated policy aimed atstrengthening the alliance of the working class andthe peasantry, dynamic and efficientdevelopment of agricultural production, bettersocio-economic relations in the countryside,and, using all this as the basis,enhancing the welfare of the Soviet peopleand promoting social progress. The factthat agrarian policy has been singled out asa relatively independent element of theParty's political course (see EconomicPolicy of the CPSU) can be explained bythe distinctive features of the socio--economic structure of agriculture, the specifics ofregulation of the economic relations withinthis branch and the difference between theworking and living conditions in town andcountry. In mapping out and implementingits agrarian policy, the CPSU is guidedby the Marxist-Leninist teaching on theagrarian and peasant question. Lenin'sworks contain a profound scientificanalysis of the general laws and characteristicsof the advance of relations of productionand productive forces in agriculture, itsintensive development, scientific andtechnical progress in this field, and thefeatures of large-scale production and itsadvantages over that of small producers.Lenin elaborated the cooperative plan andworked out the methods for the socialisttransformation of agriculture and itsprogress along new social lines. Together withthe other communist parties, the CPSUis further developing the Leninist doctrine,taking due account of changing historicalconditions. In the period before theOctober Revolution in Russia, the chief issuesof the agrarian policy were that of thepeasantry as an ally of the working classin a socialist revolution, and that of theland. After the Revolution, during theperiod of transition from capitalism tosocialism, agriculture developed alongsocialist lines, with large-scale socialproduction gradually taking hold. In the periodof the building of developed socialism,the purpose of the agrarian policy was toconsolidate the social production ofcollective and state farms, advanceagriculture and further develop socio-economicrelations in the countryside. Itsimplementation has produced good results. The chieftrends in agrarian policy today weremapped out at the March 1965 PlenaryMeeting of the CPSU Central Committee.They have been further elaborated andmade concrete in the materials of subsequentParty congresses and Central Committeeplenary meetings, as well as in thedecisions of the CPSU Central Committee andthe Soviet government. The programmethat has been evolved envisages a dynamicand harmonious development of allbranches of agriculture, to ensure a stablesupply of foodstuffs and agricultural rawmaterials. Measures have been developedto bring the material and culturalconditions in town and country closer together.From 1966 to 1979, 347, 300 million roubleswent into agriculture, or 76 per cent ofthe means invested in it since the SovietUnion was established. Considerable sumshave also been spent to develop theindustries serving agriculture. As a result, labourproductivity in this branch has risen, andthe output and consumption ofagricultural produce increased. The wages ofcollective farmers and workers on state farmshave doubled. The people operatingmachines have become a major component ofthe agricultural production process. A greatdeal is being done to provide ruralhousing with all modern amenities. Principalattention is focused on achieving higherfinal results of production activity bothin agriculture and throughout the agroindustrial complex to ensure a rapid andstable growth of production, enhance itsefficiency and social progress in thecountryside; special importance attaches toaccelerated advance of stock-breeding, sincethe demand for its produce far exceedssupply owing to the growing welfare ofthe population. With these ends in view,the material and