Russian Peasants and Soviet Power

Lewin, Moshé

ALLEN U

“A most important and pioneering book―the only full-scale study of the Russian revolution and the peasant from 1917 through the first wave of mass collectivization in 1930.” ―Stephen F. Cohen The collectivization of the peasants in the USSR constituted a social upheaval of a totally unprecedented nature. It was one of the most remarkable events of the present century and it has a history as long as that of Soviet power itself. The idea of a collectivized agriculture, much favoured by the leadership after the revolution, had been left in abeyance during the NEP period. Interest in the idea, and in the collective movement, revived at the time of the ‘grain crisis’ at the beginning of 1928. It was during this crisis that collectivization of the peasantry and the creation of a powerful kolkhoz and sovkhoz sector began to be taken seriously as a means of solving, at one and the same time, both the formidable problem of grain and the whole ‘accursed problem’ of relations between the Soviet authorities and the peasants.

Russian Peasants and Soviet Power: A Study of Collectivization (Norton Library; N752)

Business & Money

Industries

W.W.Norton&Company

In this now-classic book, Moshe Lewin traces the transformation of Russian society and the Russian political system in the period between the two world wars, a transformation that was to lead to Stalinism in the 1930s. Through his comprehensive approach to understanding the origins and problems of Stalinism, Lewin makes a significant contribution to the study of Russia's social history before the revolution as well as in the Soviet period.

The Making of the Soviet System

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

Pantheon

Making of Soviet System [paperback] Lewin, Moshe [Apr 12, 1985]

MAKING OF SOVIET SYSTEM

The making of the Soviet system: Essays in the social history of interwar Russia

In this now-classic book, Moshe Lewin traces the transformation of Russian society and the Russian political system in the period between the two world wars, a transformation that was to lead to Stalinism in the 1930s. Lewin focuses on the changes stemming from war, revolution, civil war, and industrialization, and he discusses such topics as rural society and religion in the twentieth century; the background of Soviet collectivization; Soviet prewar policies of agricultural procurement; the kolkhoz and the muzhik; Leninism and Bolshevism; industrial relations during the five-year plans of 1928–1941; and the social background of Stalinism. Through this comprehensive approach to understanding the origins and problems of Stalinism, Lewin makes a significant contribution to the study of Russia’s social history before the revolution as well as in the Soviet period.

METHUEN

Politics & Government

One of the great political strategists of his era, V. I. Lenin continues to attract historical interest, yet his complex personality eludes full understanding. This new edition of Moshe Lewin's classic political biography, including an afterword by the author, suggests new approaches for studying the Marxist visionary and founder of the Soviet state. Lenin's Last Struggle offers invaluable insights into the rise of the Bolshevik party and the Soviet Union, a saga complicated by complex strategic battles among the leaders of Lenin's generation: leaders whose names are universally known, but whose personalities and motivations are even now not sufficiently understood. Moshe Lewin was a collective farm worker in the USSR and a soldier in the Soviet army. He later became director of studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris, a fellow of the Kennan Institute, a senior fellow of Columbia University's Russian Institute, and is now emeritus professor of history at The University of Pennsylvania.

Lenin's Last Struggle (Ann Arbor Paperbacks For The Study Of Russian And Soviet History And Politics)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

University of Michigan Press

The "Gorbachev phenomenon" is seen as the product of complex developments during the last seventy years--developments that changed the Soviet Union from a primarily agrarian society into an urban, industrial one. Here, for the first time, a noted authority on Soviet society identifies the crucial historical events and social forces that explain Glasnost and political and economic life in the Soviet Union today.

The Gorbachev Phenomenon : An Historical Interpretation

History

Russia

University of California Press

The Gorbachev Phenomenon by Moshe, Lewin; Lewin, Moshe

The Gorbachev Phenomenon

Moshe, Lewin

Discusses Russia's change from an agrarian to an industrial society, looks at social, economic, and cultural developments, and assesses the current reform movement

The Gorbachev Phenomenon: A Historical Interpretation

World

Univ. Of California Pr.

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Russian Peasants and Soviet Power

Russian Peasants and Soviet Power: A Study of Collectivization (Norton Library; N752)

The Making of the Soviet System

MAKING OF SOVIET SYSTEM

The making of the Soviet system: Essays in the social history of interwar Russia

The making of the Soviet system: Essays in the social history of interwar Russia

Lenin's Last Struggle (Ann Arbor Paperbacks For The Study Of Russian And Soviet History And Politics)

The Gorbachev Phenomenon : An Historical Interpretation

The Gorbachev Phenomenon

The Gorbachev Phenomenon: A Historical Interpretation