Name: Stalin's Peasants: Resistance and Survival in the Russian Village After Collectivization
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Author: Sheila Fitzpatrick
ISBN: 9780195104592

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Stalin's Peasants: Resistance and Survival in the Russian Village After Collectivization

Type

Physical Book

Author

Sheila Fitzpatrick

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Year

1996

Language

English

Pages

416

Format

Paperback

ISBN

0195104595

ISBN13

9780195104592

Synopsis "Stalin's Peasants: Resistance and Survival in the Russian Village After Collectivization "

Drawing on newly-opened Soviet archives, especially the letters of complaint and petition with which peasants deluged the Soviet authorities in the 1930s, Stalin's Peasants analyzes peasants' strategies of resistance and survival in the new world of the collectivized village. Stalin's 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 Fitzpatrick's 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 Stalin's Russia.

Sheila Fitzpatrick

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Sheila Fitzpatrick es una historiadora australiana reconocida internacionalmente por su trabajo sobre la Unión Soviética, especialmente durante el período estalinista. Nacida en 1941 en Melbourne, ha dedicado gran parte de su carrera académica al estudio de la historia social soviética, enfocándose en la vida cotidiana, la movilidad social, la educación y las relaciones entre el Estado y los ciudadanos bajo el régimen comunista.

Formada en historia y con un doctorado centrado en la educación soviética temprana, Fitzpatrick es considerada una de las figuras clave de la llamada "escuela revisionista", que desafió las interpretaciones tradicionales del modelo totalitario al centrarse más en las dinámicas sociales y la agencia de las personas comunes. Su investigación ha revelado cómo los ciudadanos soviéticos no solo eran víctimas pasivas del sistema, sino también actores que encontraban formas de adaptarse, resistir o beneficiarse dentro del régimen.

Ha sido profesora en prestigiosas universidades y ha publicado numerosas obras influyentes tanto académicas como autobiográficas. A través de su escritura clara y profunda, ha acercado la historia de la Rusia soviética a un público amplio. Su enfoque humano y detallado la ha convertido en una de las historiadoras más respetadas en el estudio del siglo XX.

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