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Inventing a Soviet countryside [electronic resource] : state p ower and the transformation of rural Russia, 1917-1929 /

Heinzen, James W.

Inventing a Soviet countryside state p ower and the transformation of rural Russia, 1917-1929 / [electronic resource] : James W. He inzen. - Pittsburg, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2004. - x, 297 p. ; 25 cm. - Pitt series in Russian and East European studies . - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-290) and index.

Introduction. A false start : the birth and early activities of the People's Commissariat of Agriculture, 1917- 1920 -- A struggle for iden tity : the uncertain transition to the New Economic Policy, 1921-1923 - - "Too many comrades misunderstand the countryside" : a commissariat co mes of age, 1923-1926 -- Socialism in one countryside : architects of a new rural Russia, 1923-1926 -- Professional identity and the vision of the modern Soviet countryside : local agricultural specialists, 1927-1 929 -- Better red than bread? : purge, collectivization, and the defeat of the People's Commissariat of Agriculture, 1927-1929.


Electronic text and image data.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
2008.
Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text.
([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
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Russia (Federation). Narodnyĭ komissariat zemledeliia͡.


Agriculture and state-- History.-- Soviet Union
Agriculture-- Economic aspects-- History.-- Soviet Union
Rural development-- Soviet Union.
Peasantry-- History.-- Soviet Union


Soviet Union-- Economic policy-- 1917-1928.