In this ground-breaking study, Lynne Viola--the first Western scholar to gain access to the Soviet state archives on collectivization--brilliantly excavates a lost chapter in the history of the Stalin revolution. This book affords an intimate look at the campaign of the 25,000ers, the industrial workers who were sent into the Soviet countryside to implement collectivization during the 1930s. Examining the backgrounds, motivations, and mentalities of Stalin's rank-and-file shock troops, Viola brings readers one step closer ...
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In this ground-breaking study, Lynne Viola--the first Western scholar to gain access to the Soviet state archives on collectivization--brilliantly excavates a lost chapter in the history of the Stalin revolution. This book affords an intimate look at the campaign of the 25,000ers, the industrial workers who were sent into the Soviet countryside to implement collectivization during the 1930s. Examining the backgrounds, motivations, and mentalities of Stalin's rank-and-file shock troops, Viola brings readers one step closer to penetrating the elusive Soviet mind at a critical historical moment.
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NF/VG with light age toning to back of dj. Maroon cloth/boards with silver lettering. Red dj with bw illus. and white lettering. 285 pp. with no illus. The history of the 25, 000ers, the vanguard of the Soviet industrial proletariat, who were sent into the Soviet countryside to collectivize agriculture and serve as the frist ccolective farm chairmen. It was the regime's breakthrough attempt to implement a radical transformation of Russian agriculture and peasant life.
