The War Against the Peasantry, 1927-1930 : The Tragedy of the Soviet Countryside, Volume one

The collectivization of Soviet agriculture in the late 1920s and 1930s forever altered the country’s social and economic landscape. It became the first of a series of bloody landmarks that would come to define Stalinism. This revelatory book presents—with analysis and commentary—the most important primary Soviet documents dealing with the brutal economic and cultural subjugation of the Russian peasantry. Drawn from previously unavailable and in many cases unknown archives, these harrowing documents provide the first unimpeded view of the experience of the peasantry during the years 1927-1930. The book, the first of four in the series, covers the background of collectivization, its violent implementation, and the mass peasant revolt that ensued. For its insights into the horrific fate of the Russian peasantry and into Stalin’s dictatorship, The War Against the Peasantry takes its place an as unparalleled resource. The collectivization of Soviet agriculture in the late 1920s and 1930s forever altered the country’s social and economic landscape. It became the first of a series of bloody landmarks that would come to define Stalinism. This revelatory book presents—with analysis and commentary—the most important primary Soviet documents dealing with the brutal economic and cultural subjugation of the Russian peasantry. Drawn from previously unavailable and in many cases unknown archives, these harrowing documents provide the first unimpeded view of the experience of the peasantry during the years 1927-1930. The book, the first of four in the series, covers the background of collectivization, its violent implementation, and the mass peasant revolt that ensued. For its insights into the horrific fate of the Russian peasantry and into Stalin’s dictatorship, __The War Against the Peasantry__ takesits place an as unparalleled resource.

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Contents 7 Editor’s Acknowledgments 9 Translator’s Note 12 Note on Transliteration 13 A Note on the Documents 14 Glossary of Russian Terms and Abbreviations 16 Introduction 25 PART I. The Grain Procurement Crisis 33 Chapter 1. The Crisis of NEP 7 May 1927–14 January 1928 33 Chapter 2. Extraordinary Measures and the Right Opposition 18 January 1928–23 April 1929 81 Chapter 3. The Great Turn: 4 May 1929–15 November 1929 142 PART II. Collectivization and Dekulakization 195 Chapter 4. The December Politburo Commission: 5 December 1929–5 January 1930 195 Chapter 5. The Campaign Against the Kulak: 5 January 1930–1 March 1930 229 Chapter 6. Dizzy with Success: 2 March 1930–1 July 1930 288 Chapter 7. Epilogue 343 Biographical Notes 395 Index of Documents 403 Notes 409 Index 435