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The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia 5: The Years of Hunger : Soviet Agriculture, 1931-1933 /

This book examines the Soviet agricultural crisis of 1931-1933 which culminated in the major famine of 1933. It is the first volume in English to make extensive use of Russian and Ukrainian central and local archives to assess the extent and causes of the famine. It reaches new conclusions on how fa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Davies, R. W. (Author), Wheatcroft, Stephen G. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
History.
Cultural History.
Economic History.
European History.
Modern History.
Russian, Soviet, and East European History.
Social History.
Civilization > History.
Economic history.
History, Modern.
Social history.
Europe > History.
Europe, Eastern > History.
Russia > History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This book examines the Soviet agricultural crisis of 1931-1933 which culminated in the major famine of 1933. It is the first volume in English to make extensive use of Russian and Ukrainian central and local archives to assess the extent and causes of the famine. It reaches new conclusions on how far the famine was 'organized' or 'artificial', and compares it with other Russian and Soviet famines and with major twentieth century famines elsewhere. Against this background, it discusses the emergence of collective farming as an economic and social system.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XVII, 555 pages)
ISBN:9780230273979
DOI:10.1057/9780230273979