Peasants, Political Police, and the Early Soviet State : Surveillance and Accommodation Under the New Economic Policy

This book combines social and institutional histories of Russia, focusing on the secret police and their evolving relationship with the peasantry. Based on an analysis of Cheka/OGPU reports, it argues that the police did not initially respond to peasant resistance to Bolshevik demands simply with the gun—rather, they listened to peasant voices. State, Peasants, And Police To 1921 -- Famine, Market Forces, And Ameliorative Actions, 1921-1923 -- Lenin's Death, Face To The Countryside, And Growing Police Fears, 1924 -- Soviet Elections, Grain Crises, And Kulaks, 1925-1926 -- Liquidation Of Kulak Influence, War Panic, And The Elimination Of The Kulaks As A Class, 1927-1929. Hugh D. Hudson, Jr. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.