The Best Sons of the Fatherland: Workers in the Vanguard of Soviet Collectivization
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (835 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195041348 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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In the process, Viola sheds light on how the state mobilized working-class support for collectivization and shows that, contrary to common belief, the 25,000ers went into the countryside as willing recruits. In this ground-breaking study, Lynne Viola--the first Western scholar to gain access to the Soviet state archives on collectivization--brilliantly excavates a lost chapter in the history of the Stalin revolution. Examining the backgrounds, motivations, and mentalities of these workers, Viola embarks on the first Western investigation
A very useful study of the leading cadres of socialist construction William Podmore In this fascinating book, Lynne Viola studies the work of the 25,000 workers who went to the Soviet countryside to assist collectivisation.As she writes, "the 25,000ers were representative of a politically and numerically significant group of workers - politically active cadre workers. Their primary motives in volunteering to participate in the campaign were not based on coercion or material self-interest. The 25,000ers were workers who, on one level or another, identified with the state and party and supported the program of the First Five-Year Plan revolution."She conti
"This excellent monograph tells the story so well because the authorwas able to gain access to Soviet governmental archives containing a wealth of first-hand material."--Foreign Affairs"A superb, remarkably mature first effort.Using hitherto unavailable archival sources, she develops a fascinating, complex, and variegated picture of collectivization.A bravura performance."--Annals of the American Academy"What Viola has given us is a significantly richer picture of collectivization and a valuable indication of what can be accomplished through imagination and careful research of the materials of the Stalin era."--Russian Review"Viola has gathered much new information from Soviet archives, even more from a wide variety of contemporary Soviet periodicals, and from Soviet secondary sources."--The Historian"Viola's work represents a welcomed addition to the sparse literature."--The Journal of Modern History
Lynne Viola is at University of Toronto.