Title Face to the Village : the Riazan countryside under Soviet rule, 1921-1930 / Tracy McDonald

Published Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 422 pages) : illustrations, maps, digital file Contents Part one : The Battle for Space: What Physical and Virtual Space Reveal about the Countryside -- The Setting -- The Police -- The Courts -- The Rural Soviet -- Part two : The Battle for Resources: What Non-Violent Crime Reveals about the Countryside -- Taxation : Talking with the Taxman about Subsistence; or, Feeding the Proletarian Cat -- The Forest : Wood, Warmth, and Repair -- Part three : The Battle for Souls : What Violent Crime Reveals about the Countryside -- Bandit Tales : The Stream of the Still and the Lure of Easy Profit -- Hooliganism : Toward the Cultured Life -- Rough Justice : The Village Disciplines Its Own -- Pitelino -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Glossary Summary In the summer of 1924, the Bolshevik Party called on scholars, the police, the courts, and state officials to turn their attention to the villages of Russia. The subsequent campaign to 'face the countryside' generated a wealth of intelligence that fed into the regime's sense of alarmed conviction that the countryside was a space outside Bolshevik control. Richly rooted in archival sources, including local and central-level secret police reports, detailed cases of the local and provincial courts, government records, and newspaper reports, Face to the Village is a nuanced study of the everyday workings of the Russian village in the 1920s. Local-level officials emerge in Tracy McDonald's study as vital and pivotal historical actors, existing between the Party's expectations and peasant interests. McDonald's careful exposition of the relationships between the urban centre and the peasant countryside brings us closer to understanding the fateful decision to launch a frontal attack on the countryside in the fall of 1929 under the auspices of collectivization Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-404) and index Subject Peasants -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Europe -- Former Soviet Republics. HISTORY -- Europe -- Eastern. HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union. Peasants Politics and government Rural conditions SUBJECT Ri︠a︡zanskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia) -- History Ri︠a︡zanskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia) -- Politics and government Soviet Union -- Rural conditions -- History Soviet Union -- History -- 1917-1936. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125811 Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125845 Subject Russia (Federation) -- Ri︠a︡zanskai︠a︡ oblastʹ Soviet Union Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442686113 1442686111

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