Inventing a Soviet Countryside: State Power and the Transformation of Rural Russia, 1917-1929
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Following the largest peasant revolution in history, Russia's urban-based Bolshevik regime was faced with a monumental task: to peacefully \u201cmodernize\u201d and eventually \u201csocialize\u201d the peasants in the countryside surrounding Russia's cities. To accomplish this, the Bolshevik leadership created the People's Commissariat of Agriculture (Narkomzem), which would eventually employ 70,000 workers. This commissariat was particularly important,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:082296175X
ISBN13:9780822961758
Release Date:February 2004
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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