Peasants under Stalinism: Mentality and Way of Life, 1938-1939
Letters written by peasants (kolkhozniki) to Krest'ianskaia Gazeta provide
a unique insight into the mentality of different social groups under
Stalinism.
At the time, peasants comprised the majority of the Soviet population, and
these letters reveal their attitudes toward nationality, the financial
system, social and economic policy in the countryside, the Soviet
government's penal policy, the use of the Red Army in agriculture, Soviet
holidays, and family and leisure. Many letters are accompanied by poems,
stories, and drawings. This collection is a historical source for those
studying the mentality and way of life of Soviet society under Stalinism.
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