Economic Rights
Personal property was allowed, with certain limitations. All real property was considered state or socialist property. Health, housing, education, and nutrition were guaranteed through the provision of full employment and economic welfare structures implemented in the workplace.
However, these guarantees were not always met in practice. For instance, over five million people lacked adequate nutrition and starved to death during the Soviet famine of 1932–1933, one of several Soviet famines. The 1932-33 famine was caused primarily by Soviet-mandated collectivization.
Economic protection was also extended to the elderly and the disabled through the payment of pensions and benefits.
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