The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Rural Communist Party, 1927 - 39

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-5 The 1920s: The Soviet Communist Party and the Rural Scene....Pages 6-22 Collectivisation in the Years of the First Five Year Plan....Pages 23-30 The Rural Communist Party 1929–32: Membership, Location and Occupation....Pages 31-51 The District Party Committee (raikom): Organisation, Structure and Personnel 1929–32....Pages 52-71 The Rural Communist Party Cell 1929–32....Pages 72-91 The Rural Communist Party and Collectivisation 1929–32....Pages 92-117 The Party and Policy towards the Countryside 1933–39....Pages 118-123 The Political Departments 1933–34....Pages 124-140 The Soviet Rural Communist Party and the Purges 1933–39....Pages 141-154 The Rural Party Cell 1933–39: Structure, Numbers and Deployment....Pages 155-169 The raikom 1933–39: Adapting to Change....Pages 170-179 The Role of the Rural Communist Party 1933–39 and in Perspective....Pages 180-189 Conclusions....Pages 190-198 Back Matter....Pages 199-246