After the collectivization process in the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Soviet authorities introduced a new model charter for all kolkhozy from the year 1935. The process seemed to be successful, but in fact there were many violations of the charter by kolkhozniki (kolkhoz farmers). This paper discusses some aspects of kolkhoz farmers’ attitude toward the new charter, especially violations against it in the latter half of the 1930s, focusing on the Ural region.