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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817968503321

Autore

Storella C. J (Carmine John)

Titolo

The voice of the people : letters from the Soviet village, 1918-1932 / / C.J. Storella and A.K. Sokolov ; documents translated by C.J. Storella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2013

ISBN

0-300-18901-X

1-283-91534-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (443 p.)

Collana

Annals of Communism Series

Annals of Communism

Altri autori (Persone)

SokolovA. K <1941-2015> (Andreĭ Konstantinovich)

Disciplina

333.3/14709042

Soggetti

Land reform - Soviet Union - History

Peasants - Soviet Union

Peasants - Soviet Union - Social conditions

Villages - Soviet Union - History

Collectivization of agriculture - Social aspects - Soviet Union - History

Communism - Social aspects - Soviet Union - History

Soviet Union Rural conditions Sources

Soviet Union Economic policy 1917-1928 Sources

Soviet Union Economic policy 1928-1932 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Revolution and War Communism -- The Old Village and the New Economic Policy -- Smychka : The Bond between City and Village -- Was Society Transformed? -- People and Power -- Whither Socialism? -- The Great Break.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the first comprehensive collection in English of peasant writings during the early years of the Bolshevik regime. Drawn entirely from Russian archival sources, it presents more than 150 previously unpublished letters addressed to newspapers, government officials, and Communist Party leaders. The letters and accompanying commentary result in a unique history of the Soviet peasantry's engagement and struggle with a powerful state, enabling readers to hear the voice of a social class that throughout history has too often



been rendered voiceless.