Face to the Village : the Riazan countryside under Soviet rule, 1921-1930 /
In the summer of 1924, the Bolshevik Party called on scholars, the police, the courts, and state officials to turn their attention to the villages of Russia. The subsequent campaign to 'face the countryside' generated a wealth of intelligence that fed into the regime's sense of alarme...
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Toronto [Ont.] :
University of Toronto Press,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Part one : The Battle for Space: What Physical and Virtual Space Reveal about the Countryside
- The Setting
- The Police
- The Courts
- The Rural Soviet
- Part two : The Battle for Resources: What Non-Violent Crime Reveals about the Countryside
- Taxation : Talking with the Taxman about Subsistence; or, Feeding the Proletarian Cat
- The Forest : Wood, Warmth, and Repair
- Part three : The Battle for Souls : What Violent Crime Reveals about the Countryside
- Bandit Tales : The Stream of the Still and the Lure of Easy Profit
- Hooliganism : Toward the Cultured Life
- Rough Justice : The Village Disciplines Its Own
- Pitelino
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Glossary.