Russian Peasant Organisation before Collectivisation; a Study of Commune and Gathering 1925-1930, by D. J. Male

Male, D. J. (Donald J. )

ISBN 10: 0521078849 / ISBN 13: 9780521078849

Published by Cambridge [Eng. ] University Press, 1971

About this Item

Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 253 pages; Description: viii, 253 p. Maps. 22 cm. Bibliography: p. 239-247. Subjects: Mir. Collective settlements --Soviet Union. Series: Soviet and East European studies. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Russian Peasant Organisation before Collectivisation; a Study of Commune and Gathering 1925-1930, by D. J. Male
• Publisher: Cambridge [Eng. ] University Press
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521078849
• ISBN 13: 9780521078849
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

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, by instituting the rural Soviets. The debate on land-holding in the mid-twenties bore fruit only in encouraging peasants to modify the worst inefficiencies of strip farming.

Book Description

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.