Russian Peasant Schools

Russian Peasant Schools
Author: Ben Eklof
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 676
Release: 1990-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520069572

00 This pioneering study of primary schools in the Russian countryside during the late tsarist period examines the contribution of education to the transition to modernity. The author links social, institutional,and cultural history, thus providing a multi-dimensional description of the village response to pressures of the modern world. This pioneering study of primary schools in the Russian countryside during the late tsarist period examines the contribution of education to the transition to modernity. The author links social, institutional,and cultural history, thus providing a multi-dimensional description of the village response to pressures of the modern world.

Russian Peasant Schools

Russian Peasant Schools
Author: Ben Eklof
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 591
Release: 2023-12-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0520344987

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1987. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived

A Life Under Russian Serfdom

A Life Under Russian Serfdom
Author: Savva Dmitrievich Purlevskii
Publisher: Central European University Press
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789637326158

"Gorshkov's introduction provides some basic knowledge about Russian serfdom and draws upon the most recent scholarship. Notes provide references and general information about events, places and people mentioned in the memoirs."--Jacket.

The World of the Russian Peasant

The World of the Russian Peasant
Author: Ben Eklof
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2023-10-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1003807712

First published in 1990 The World of the Russian Peasant is designed to provide a wide-ranging survey of new developments in Russian peasant studies. Editors Eklof and Frank paint a broad picture of what life was like for the vast majority of Russia’s population before 1917. Individual authors treat the intricacies of the village community and peasant commune, social structure, the everyday life and labour of peasant women, the impact of migration, the spread of education, and peasant art, religion, justice, and politics. The result is a portrait of a people greatly influenced by rapid and radical changes in the world yet seeking to maintain control over their lives and their communities. This is a must read for students of Russian history, Russian peasantry and rural sociology.

A History of Education in Modern Russia

A History of Education in Modern Russia
Author: Wayne Dowler
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2021-08-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1350101346

A History of Education in Modern Russia is the first book to trace the significance of education in Russia from Peter the Great's reign all the way through to Vladimir Putin and the present day. Individual chapters open with an overview of the political, social, diplomatic and cultural environment of the period in order to orient the reader. Dowler then goes on to analyse the aims of education initiatives in each era before considering the ways in which Russians experienced education, both as students and as teachers. Each chapter concludes with an assessment of the outcomes and consequences of education policies in the period, both the successes and failures as well as the impact of education on the cultural, social, economic and ultimately political environments. The chronologically arranged book also traces and then summarises underlying key themes like the tension between an open system of education and an estate-based system; the push and pull between utility and the broader goal of human development; and the effects of centralized, authoritarian control that for much of the period limited local initiative and starved the regions of adequate resources.

The Language of Russian Peasants in the Twentieth Century

The Language of Russian Peasants in the Twentieth Century
Author: Alexander D. Nakhimovsky
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2019-10-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1498575048

The Language of Russian Peasants in the Twentieth Century: A Linguistic Analysis and Oral History analyzes the social dialect of Russian peasants in the twentieth century through letters and stories that trace their tragic history. In 1900, there were 100,000,000 peasants in Russia, but by mid-century their language was no longer passed from parents to children, resulting in no speakers of the dialect left today. In this study, Alexander D. Nakhimovsky argues that for all the variability of local dialects there was an underlying unity in them, which derived from their old shared traditions and oral nature. Their unity is best manifested in word formation, syntax, phraseology, and discourse. Different social groups followed somewhat different paths through the maze of Soviet history, and peasants' path was one of the most painful. The chronological organization of the book and the analysis of powerful, concise, and simple but expressive language of peasant letters and stories culminate into an oral history of their tragic Soviet experience.

Peasant Economy, Culture, and Politics of European Russia, 1800-1921

Peasant Economy, Culture, and Politics of European Russia, 1800-1921
Author: Esther Kingston-Mann
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2014-07-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1400861241

This collection of original essays provides a rare in-depth look at peasant life in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European Russia. It is the first English-language text to deal extensively with peasant women and patriarchy; the role of magic, healing, and medicine in village life; communal economic innovation; rural poverty and labor migration from the village perspective; the agricultural hiring market as workers' turf; and the regional components of the late nineteenth-century agrarian crisis. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Late Imperial Russia

Late Imperial Russia
Author: Ian Thatcher
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2024-06-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526184133

This volume offers a detailed examination of the stability of the late imperial regime in Russia. Students and scholars will appreciate the lively summaries of the latest scholarship in political, economic, social, cultural, and international history. Accessible yet insightful, contributions cover the historiography of complex topics such as peasants, workers, revolutionaries, foreign relations, and Nicholas II. In addition, there are original studies of some of the leading intellectuals of the time. The late imperial economy is examined through the writings of Tugan-Baranovsky. There is an account of M. N. Pokrovskii’s radical interpretation of late imperial Russia’s historical path of development. The state of the Russian theatre is studied through the lives of theatrical impresarios. Each chapter also highlights a unique interpretation, suggesting new lines of inquiry and research. This book will be compulsory reading for students of Russian and European history of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries seeking to better understand why Tsarism collapsed in 1917.