{"product_id":"stalins-peasants-resistance-and-survival-in-the-russian-village-after-collectivization-9780195069822","title":"Stalin's Peasants: Resistance and Survival in the Russian Village After Collectivization","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing on newly-opened Soviet archives  especially the letters of complaint and petition with which peasants deluged the Soviet authorities in the 1930s  Stalins Peasants analyzes peasants strategies of resistance and survival in the new world of the collectivized village. Stalins Peasants is a story of struggle between transformationally-minded Communists and traditionally-minded peasants over the terms of collectivization--a struggle of opposing practices  not a struggle in which either side clearly articulated its position. But it is also a story about the impact of collectivization on the internal social relations and culture of the village  exploring questions of authority and leadership  feuds  denunciations  rumors  and changes in religious observance. For the first time  it is possible to see the real people behind the facade of the \"Potemkin village\" created by Soviet propagandists. In the Potemkin village  happy peasants clustered around a kolkhoz (collective farm) tractor  praising Stalin and promising to produce more grain as a patriotic duty. In the real Russian village of the 1930s  as we learn from Soviet political police reports  sullen and hungry peasants described collectivization as a \"second serfdom \" cursed all Communists  and blamed Stalin personally for their plight. Sheila Fitzpatricks work is truly a landmark in studies of the Stalinist period--a richly-documented social history told from the traumatic experiences of the long-suffering underclass of peasants. Anyone interested in Soviet and Russian history  peasant studies  or social history will appreciate this major contribution to our understanding of life in Stalins Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647069446197,"sku":"ByrdShop_019506982X","price":101.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195069822.jpg?v=1781687509","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/stalins-peasants-resistance-and-survival-in-the-russian-village-after-collectivization-9780195069822","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}