Another goal of his new policy was to erase all capitalist elements previously imposed by Lenin in Russia. The Russian peasants had just taken over their lands from the nobles after the revolution, and now Stalin was taking it all back. The farmers were not happy about it. Many began to protest by killing livestock and burning fields. Stalin soon began killing many of these protesters or sending them to the gulags. Eventually all farms became government property, and giant collectivized farms were soon established. By the late 1930s, grain production had increased exponentially. Eventually many farmers were able to leave the countryside and work in factories. Russia was also able to export much of its grain to finance further industrialization. But once again, the human cost of this policy has been enormous. Many people have starved to death due to the protests and many have also been killed by the government to force others to do so