The war against the peasantry, 1927-1930 [[electronic resource] ] : the tragedy of the Soviet countryside / / edited by Lynne Viola ... et al. ; translated by Steven Shabad

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777785403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, CT, : Yale University Press, 2005
• ISBN: 1-281-72973-6; 9786611729738; 0-300-12782-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (427 pages)
• Collana: Annals of Communism. Tragedy of the Soviet countryside, 1927-1939; Yale agrarian studies
• Altri autori (Persone): ViolaLynne
• Disciplina: 338.7/63/094709041
• Soggetti: Collectivization of agriculture - Soviet Union - History; Peasants - Soviet Union - History; Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936 Sources
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Editor's Acknowledgments -- Translator's Note -- Note on Transliteration -- A Note on the Documents -- Glossary of Russian Terms and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Crisis of NEP 7 May 1927-14 January 1928 -- Chapter 2. Extraordinary Measures and the Right Opposition 18 January 1928-23 April 1929 -- Chapter 3. The Great Turn: 4 May 1929-15 November 1929 -- Chapter 4. The December Politburo Commission: 5 December 1929-5 January 1930 -- Chapter 5. The Campaign Against the Kulak: 5 January 1930-1 March 1930 -- Chapter 6. Dizzy with Success: 2 March 1930-1 July 1930 -- Chapter 7. Epilogue -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Documents -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The collectivization of Soviet agriculture in the late 1920's and 1930's forever altered the country's social and economic landscape. It became the first of a series of bloody landmarks that would come to define Stalinism. This revelatory book presents-with analysis and commentary-the most important primary Soviet documents dealing with the brutal economic and cultural subjugation of the Russian ; peasantry. Drawn from previously unavailable and in many cases unknown archives, these harrowing documents provide the first unimpeded view of the experience of the peasantry during the years 1927-1930.The book, the first of four in the series, covers the background of collectivization, its violent implementation, and the mass peasant revolt that ensued. For its insights into the horrific fate of the Russian peasantry and into Stalin's dictatorship, The War Against the Peasantry takes its place an as unparalleled resource.