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Russian Peasants and Soviet Power

By Moshe Lewin

Russian Peasants and Soviet Power

By Moshe Lewin

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The collectivization of the peasants in the USSR constituted a social upheaval of a totally unprecedented nature. It was one of the most remarkable events of the present century and it has a history as long as that of Soviet power itself. The idea of a collectivized agriculture, much favoured by the leadership after the revolution, had been left in abeyance during the NEP period. Interest in the idea, and in the collective movement, revived at the time of the 'grain crisis' at the beginning of 1928. It was during this crisis that collectivization of the peasantry and the creation of a powerful kolkhoz and sovkhoz sector began to be taken seriously as a means of solving, at one and the same time, both the formidable problem of grain and the whole 'accursed problem' of relations between the Soviet authorities and the peasants.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
544
Release Date:
1975-01-17
Publication Date:
1975-01-01
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0393007529
ISBN13:
9780393007527
Weight:
647 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
32 cm
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