Russia's Peasants in Revolution and Civil War Citizenship, Identity, and the Creation of the Soviet State, 1914-1922

Name: Russia's Peasants in Revolution and Civil War Citizenship, Identity, and the Creation of the Soviet State, 1914-1922
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ISBN: 9781107404724

ISBN-10: 110740472X

ISBN-13: 9781107404724

Edition: N/A

Authors: Aaron B. Retish

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This book was first published in 2008. How did peasants experience and help guide Russia's war, revolution, and civil war? Why in the end did most agree to live as part of the Bolshevik regime? Taking the First World War to the end of the Civil War as a unified era of revolution, this book shows how peasant society and peasants' conceptions of themselves as citizens in the nation evolved in a period of total war, mass revolutionary politics, and civil breakdown. Aaron Retish reveals that the fateful decision by individuals to join the Revolution or to accommodate their lifestyle within it gave the Bolsheviks the resources and philosophical foundation on which to build the Soviet experiment…

Book details

List price: $54.95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/23/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 310
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Introduction



The masses mobilized: militarization, conscription, and war in the village



Peasant citizens: freedom and revolution in the village



Peasant and nation in revolution



Bringing the state back in: land disputes and Soviet power in the village



Civil war and the village



The resurrection of Soviet power in the countryside



Big tent Bolshevism: rule by consent and the construction of the Soviet polity



The citizens' hunger: famine relief efforts and the civil war economy


Conclusion