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Inventing a Soviet Countryside: State Power and the Transformation of Rural Russia, 1917-1929

Inventing a Soviet Countryside: State Power and the Transformation of Rural Russia, 1917-1929

Heinzen, James

Paperback

Series: Russian and East European Studies, Book 233

Business GeneralRussian History

ISBN10: 082296175X
ISBN13: 9780822961758
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: Feb 15 2004
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
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, both because of massive famine and because peasants composed the majority of Russia's population; it was also regarded as one of the most moderate state agencies because of its nonviolent approach to rural transformation.

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