LEADER 04185nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910457720403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-78150-8 010 $a1-280-15433-0 010 $a0-203-98922-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000351380 035 $a(EBL)238753 035 $a(OCoLC)475949322 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000240272 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11222657 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000240272 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10252439 035 $a(PQKB)11042058 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC238753 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL238753 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10094114 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL15433 035 $a(OCoLC)742289488 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000351380 100 $a20770627d1977 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Russian peasant, 1920 and 1984$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by R. E. F. Smith 210 $aLondon $cCass$d1977 215 $a1 online resource (132 p.) 225 0 $aLibrary of peasant studies ; no. 4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-41717-3 311 $a0-7146-3078-0 320 $aIncludes bibliography: p. 119-120. 327 $aThe Russian Peasant 1920 and 1984; Copyright; Contents; Editors' Introduction; Introduction; Note on the Sources of George Orwell's 1984; On the Russian Peasantry; The Soviet Countryside 1917-1924; Contents; An Average Farm, its Income and the Family Budget; Comparative Burden of Taxation on the Land; Results; Commerce, Crafts and Trades; The Grain Loan; The Journey of my Brother Alexei to the Land of Peasant Utopia; Contents; Foreword; PART 1 The Appearance 327 $aChapter 1 In which the well-disposed reader becomes acquainted with the triumph of socialism and Alexei Kremnev, the hero of our story.Chapter 2 Telling of the influence of Herzen on the inflamed imagination of a Soviet official.; Chapter 3 Depicting Kremnev's appearance in the land of Utopia and his pleasant conversation with a Utopian Moscow girl on the history of twentieth century painting.; Chapter 4 Continuing the third and separated from it only in order to avoid excessively lengthy chapters.; Chapter 5 Excessively long, but essential to acquaint Kremnev with Moscow in 1984. 327 $aChapter 6 In which the reader will conclude that after 80 years they have not forgotten in Archangel'skoe how to make vanilla cheese-cake for tea.Chapter 7 Convincing those so inclined that the family is the family, and ever shall be.; Chapter 8 Historical; Chapter 9 Which young lady readers may skip, but which is recommended for the particular attention of members of the Communist Party.; Chapter 10 In which the fair at White Kolp' is described and the author's complete agreement with Anatole France's dictum that a story without love is like fat without mustard is explained. 327 $aChapter 11 Very similar to Chapter 9Chapter 12 Describing the considerable improvement in Moscow's museums and places of entertainment and cut short by an exceedingly unpleasant surprise.; Chapter 13 Acquainting Kremnev with the bad organisation of places of confinement in the land of Utopia and with certain forms of Utopian judicial procedure.; Chapter 14 And the last in the first part, which demonstrates both that sometimes ploughshares may be successfully turned into swords and that Kremnev finally turned out to be in an exceedingly piteous situation.; The Sign of the Zodiac 327 $aNote on Russian TermsBibliography 330 $aFirst published in 1977, The Russian Peasant 1920 and 1984 is a significant contribution to history. 606 $aPeasants$zSoviet Union 607 $aSoviet Union$xRural conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPeasants 676 $a301.44/43 676 $a301.4443 676 $a306/.0947 701 $aSmith$b R. E. F$g(Robert E. F.)$0127457 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457720403321 996 $aThe Russian peasant, 1920 and 1984$92257736 997 $aUNINA