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The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia 5: The Years of Hunger: Soviet Agriculture, 1931–1933

By R. W. Davies , Stephen G. Wheatcroft (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2009
ISBN
978-0-230-23855-8, 978-0-230-27397-9, 442-448-514-5
DOI
10.1007/978-0-230-27397-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8384000 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XVII, 555\582
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
and East European History; Economic History; SociaEuropean History; Modern History; RussianSoviet

Description

This book examines the Soviet agricultural crisis of 1931-1933 which culminated in the major famine of 1933. It is the first volume in English to make extensive use of Russian and Ukrainian central and local archives to assess the extent and causes of the famine. It reaches new conclusions on how far the famine was 'organized' or 'artificial', and compares it with other Russian and Soviet famines and with major twentieth century famines elsewhere. Against this background, it discusses the emergence of collective farming as an economic and social system.

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