Russian Peasant Organisation Before Collectivisation - A Study of Commune and Gathering 1925-1930

Klappentext Most Russian peasants in the mid-1920s held their land as members of a commune! the old Russian form of land-holding. Zusammenfassung Most Russian peasants in the mid-1920s held their land as members of a commune (or mir)! the old Russian form of land-holding. The revolution had brought a revival in the fortunes of the institution. This was not a welcome development to the Bolsheviks and the Soviet government unsuccessfully attempted to supplant the commune as the focus of rural affairs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. The Commune: Its function and organisation in its agricultural perspective: 1. Land holding in European Russia in the 1920s; 2. Function and organisation; Part II. The Commune and Soviet Society: 3. The Commune and the Soviet network; 4. Collectivisation and the Commune.

Product details

• Authors: D. J. Male, D.j. Male
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.09.2008
• EAN: 9780521077750
• ISBN: 978-0-521-07775-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research