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In the summer of 1924, the Bolshevik Party called on scholars, the police, the courts, and state officials to turn their attention to the villages of Russia. The subsequent campaign to 'face the countryside' generated a wealth of intelligence that fed into the regime's sense of alarmed conviction that the countryside was a space outside Bolshevik control.
Richly rooted in archival sources, including local and central-level secret police reports, detailed cases of the local and provincial courts, government records, and newspaper reports, Face to the Village is a nuanced study of the everyday workings of the Russian village in the 1920s. Local-level officials emerge in Tracy McDonald's study as vital and pivotal historical actors, existing between the Party's expectations and peasant interests. McDonald's careful exposition of the relationships between the urban centre and the peasant countryside brings us closer to understanding the fateful decision to launch a frontal attack on the countryside in the fall of 1929 under the auspices of collectivization.
Contents
List of Illustrations and Maps
Word Choice and Translation
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One. The Battle for Space: What Physical and Virtual Space Reveal about the Countryside
1. The Setting
2. The Police
3. The Courts
4. The Rural Soviet
Part Two. The Battle for Resources: What Non-Violent Crime Reveals about the Countryside
5. T axation: Talking with the Taxman about Subsistence; or, Feeding the Proletarian Cat
6. The Forest: Wood, Warmth, and Repair
Part Three. The Battle for Souls: What Violent Crime Reveals about the Countryside
7. Bandit Tales: The Steam of the Still and the Lure of Easy Profit
8. Hooliganism: Toward the Cultured Life
9. Rough Justice: The Village Disciplines Its Own
10. Pitelino
Conclusion
Appendix
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
