Russian Peasants and Tsarist Legislation on the Eve of Reform

Russian Peasants and Tsarist Legislation on the Eve of Reform
Author: David Moon
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1992-06-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1349118338

This study examines the interaction of peasant and official Russia in the period prior to the reforms of 1861. In a series of case studies the issues of communication and understanding between the peasantry and officialdom, peasant aims and behavioural patterns are explored.

Ruling Peasants

Ruling Peasants
Author: Corinne Gaudin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN:

"Ruling Peasants challenges this dominant paradigm of the closed village by investigating the ways peasants engaged tsarist laws and the local institutions that were created in a series of contradictory legal, administrative, and agrarian reforms from the late 1880s to the eve of World War I. Gaudin's analysis of the practices of village assemblies, local courts, and elected peasant elders reveals a society riven by dissension. As villagers argued among themselves in terms defined by government, the peasants and their communities were transformed. Key concepts such as 'custom,' 'commune,' 'property,' and 'fairness' were forged in such dialogue between the rulers and the ruled."--BOOK JACKET.

Land Reform in Russia, 1906-1917

Land Reform in Russia, 1906-1917
Author: Judith Pallot
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1999-05-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 0191542563

Since the collapse of the USSR there has been a growing interest in the Stolypin Land Reform as a possible model for post-Communist agrarian development. Using recent theoretical and empirical advances in Anglo-American research, Dr Pallot examines how peasants throughout Russia received, interpreted, and acted upon the government's attempts to persuade them to quit the commune and set up independent farms. She shows how a majority of peasants failed to interpret the Reform in the way its authors had expected, with outcomes that varied both temporally and geographically. The result challenges existing texts which either concentrate on the policy side of the Reform or, if they engage with its results, use aggregated, official statistics which, this text argues, are unreliable indicators of the pre-revolutionary peasants reception of the Reform.

Russia in the Age of Reaction and Reform 1801-1881

Russia in the Age of Reaction and Reform 1801-1881
Author: David Saunders
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2014-07-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317872576

This eagerly awaited study of Russia under Alexander I, Nicholas I and Alexander II -- the Russia of War and Peace and Anna Karenina -- brings the series near to completion. David Saunders examines Russia's failure to adapt to the era of reform and democracy ushered into the rest of Europe by the French Revolution. Why, despite so much effort, did it fail? This is a superb book, both as a portrait of an age and as a piece of sustained historical analysis.

Agrarian Reform in Russia

Agrarian Reform in Russia
Author: Carol S. Leonard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2010-12-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1139491385

This book examines the history of reforms and major state interventions affecting Russian agriculture: the abolition of serfdom in 1861, the Stolypin reforms, the NEP, the Collectivization, Khrushchev reforms, and finally farm enterprise privatization in the early 1990s. It shows a pattern emerging from a political imperative in imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet regimes, and it describes how these reforms were justified in the name of the national interest during severe crises - rapid inflation, military defeat, mass strikes, rural unrest, and/or political turmoil. It looks at the consequences of adversity in the economic environment for rural behavior after reform and at long-run trends. It has chapters on property rights, rural organization, and technological change. It provides a new database for measuring agricultural productivity from 1861 to 1913 and updates these estimates to the present. This book is a study of the policies aimed at reorganizing rural production and their effectiveness in transforming institutions.

Russia: A History, New Edition

Russia: A History, New Edition
Author: Gregory Freeze
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2002-03-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 0198605110

Drawing on recently opened archival materials, leading American and European scholars provide an authoritative interpretation of Russian history and culture, ranging from the eighth century to the recent creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Late Imperial Russia

Late Imperial Russia
Author: Ian D. Thatcher
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2005-09-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780719067877

This volume offers a detailed examination of the stability of the late imperial regime in Russia. 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 Russian Peasantry 1600-1930

The Russian Peasantry 1600-1930
Author: David Moon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2014-07-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317895185

This impressive work, set to become the standard history on the subject, offers a definitive survey of peasant society in Russia, from the consolidation of serfdom and tsarist autocracy in the 17th century through to the destruction of the peasant's traditional world under Stalin. Over three-quarters of Russian society were peasants in these years, and David Moon explores all aspects of their life xxx; including the rural economy, peasant households, village communities xxx; and their political role, including protest against the landowning elites. In the process he presents a fresh perspective on the history of Russia itself. A big book in every way xxx; and compellingly readable.

The Emancipation of the Serfs in Russia

The Emancipation of the Serfs in Russia
Author: Roxanne Easley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2008-08-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134001932

In the wake of the disastrous Crimean War, the Russian autocracy completely renovated its most basic social, political and economic systems by emancipating 23 million privately-owned serfs. This book examines the emancipation, describing how the reforms were instituted in practice, and exploring the profound implications for Russian politics and society.

A History of Russia Volume 1

A History of Russia Volume 1
Author: Walter G. Moss
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 654
Release: 2003-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1843310236

This new edition retains the features of the first edition that made it a popular choice in universities and colleges throughout the US, Canada and around the world. Moss’s accessible history includes full treatment of everyday life, the role of women, rural life, law, religion, literature and art. In addition, it provides many other features that have proven successful with both professors and students, including: a well-organized and clearly written text, references to varying historical perspectives, numerous illustrations and maps that supplement and amplify the text, fully updated bibliographies accompanying each chapter as well as a general bibliography of more comprehensive works, a glossary, and chronological and genealogical lists. Moss’s A History of Russia will appeal to academics, students and general readers alike.