The Russian Peasantry, 1600-1930


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Offers a definitive survey of peasant society in Russia between 1600 and 1930, and presents a fresh perspective on the history of Russia itself. The text explores all aspects of peasant life including the rural economy, peasant households, village communities and protest against the landowning elite. It discusses the social, economic, political and cultural impact of the abolition of serfdom in 1861 and the Revolutions of 1905 and 1917.







The Russian Peasantry


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Russian Peasant Organisation Before Collectivisation


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Historical study of political aspects of the land tenure system in the USSR and intergroup relations between rural worker societies (communes) and political party organisations (rural soviets) leading to the onset of the collective economy in agriculture. Bibliography pp. 239 to 247, references and statistical tables.




WORLD OF THE RUSSIAN PEASANT


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First published in 1990 The World of the Russian Peasant is designed to provide a wide-ranging survey of new developments in Russian peasant studies. Editors Eklof and Frank paint a broad picture of what life was like for the vast majority of Russia's population before 1917. Individual authors treat the intricacies of the village community and peasant commune, social structure, the everyday life and labour of peasant women, the impact of migration, the spread of education, and peasant art, religion, justice, and politics. The result is a portrait of a people greatly influenced by rapid and radical changes in the world yet seeking to maintain control over their lives and their communities. This is a must read for students of Russian history, Russian peasantry and rural sociology.




The World of the Russian Peasant


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This is an edited collection of writings that examines aspects of material life, society, and culture in the late imperial Russian countryside. The book presents a broad view of what life was like for the majority of the country's population before 1917.




Transforming Peasants


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The essays in this collection explore the social 'construction' of the Russian peasantry in the period between Emancipation and Collectivisation, and the impact of these constructions on Tsarist and Bolshevik agrarian policy. The international group of authors represent different trends in the historical, sociological and geographical investigations of the East European peasantry and draw both upon the insights of cultural studies and recently available archival materials to throw new light on the relationship between peasantry and other classes.







Transforming Peasants


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The essays in this collection explore the social construction of the Russian peasantry in the period between Emancipation and Collectivization, and the impact of these constructions on Tsarist and Bolshevik agrarian policy. The international group of authors represent different trends in the historical, sociological and geographical investigations of the East European peasantry and draw upon the insights of cultural studies and recently-available archival materials in an effort to throw new light on the relationship between peasantry and other classes.