Russian Peasants and Soviet Power: A Study of Collectivization

“A most important and pioneering book—the only full-scale study of the Russian revolution and the peasant from 1917 through the first wave of mass collectivization in 1930.” —Stephen F. Cohen The collectivization of the peasants in the USSR constituted a social upheaval of a totally unprecedented nature. It was one of the most remarkable events of the present century and it has a history as long as that of Soviet power itself. The idea of a collectivized agriculture, much favoured by the le...