Peasant Russia Civil War The Volga Countryside in Revolution 1917-21,9781842124215

Peasant Russia Civil War The Volga Countryside in Revolution 1917-21

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ISBN13: 9781842124215
ISBN10: 1842124218
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-12-31
Publisher(s): Phoenix
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Summary

Why and how did the October 1917 revolution occur in Russia? Often overlooked as a crucial factor in the Bolsheviks' victory was the role of the peasantry. Here is an enthralling portrait of this poor but sizable population on the eve of the uprising; of the breakdown of state power in the countryside; and, most important, of the relationship between the serfs and the Bolsheviks during the civil war. An enlightening approach, illustrated with disturbing contemporary images.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
List of Maps
ix
List of Tables
x
Glossary of Russian Terms Used in the Text xii
List of Abbreviations
xv
Note on Dates xvi
Introduction
1(29)
The Russian Peasantry on the Eve of the Revolution
10(9)
The Volga Region
19(8)
The Organization of the Book
27(3)
The Emergence of Peasant Autonomy
30(40)
The End of the Old Regime
32(8)
Peasant Assemblies
40(7)
The Jacquery and its Organization
47(14)
The Establishment of the Volost' Soviets
61(9)
Six Months of Peasant Rule
70(84)
The Structure of Soviet Power in the Countryside
71(13)
The Volost' Soviets and the Food Crisis
84(17)
Land Reform
101(30)
A Village Democracy or a Dictatorship of the Farming Peasantry?
131(23)
Counter-Revolution
154(30)
The 'Kulak Counter-Revolution'
155(7)
The Peasantry and the Samara Government (Komuch)
162(22)
Rural Politics during the Civil War
184(62)
The Committees of the Rural Poor (Kombedy)
188(11)
The Village and Volost' Soviet Elections of 1919
199(26)
The Bolshevik Party: A Note on its Membership in the Rural Areas
225(7)
The Transformation of the Soviets
232(14)
The Rural Economy under War Communism
246(75)
Food Procurement
248(26)
Peasant Agriculture
274(10)
Rural Industry
284(11)
Collective and State Farms
295(13)
The Peasantry and the Red Army
308(13)
Peasant Wars
321(33)
The Wars of the Chapany and the Black Eagle
324(11)
Sapozhkov
335(5)
Banditry
340(14)
Conclusion
354(3)
Appendix 357(6)
Bibliography 363(26)
Index of Place-Names 389(5)
General Index 394

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