McDonald, Tracy, 1966-

Face to the Village The Riazan countryside under Soviet rule, 1921-1930 / [electronic resource] : Tracy McDonald. - Toronto Buffalo London : University of Toronto Press, 2011. - xvi, 422 p. : Grayscale Illustration, Tables ; 24 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

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Part One. The Battle for Space: What Physical and Virtual Space Reveal about the Countryside -- Part Two. The Battle for Resources: What Non-Violent Crime Reveals about the Countryside -- Part Three. The Battle for Souls: What Violent Crime Reveals about the Countryside. Introduction -- The Setting -- The Police -- The Courts -- The Rural Soviet -- Taxation: Talking with the Taxman about Subsistence; or, Feeding the Proletarian Cat -- The Forest: Wood, Warmth, Repair -- Bandit Tales: The Steam of the Still and the Lure of Easy Profit -- Hooliganism: Toward the Cultured Life -- Rough Justice: The Village Disciplines Its Own -- Pitelino -- Conclusion.



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--History--Soviet Union--20th century.


Riazan' Region (Riazanskaia oblast', Russia)--History.
Riazan' Region (Riazanskaia oblast', Russia)--Politics and government.
Soviet Union--Rural conditions--History.
Soviet Union--History--1917-1936.
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.
European 6 :--Russia & Eastern.

Peasants