The Years of Hunger
Subtitle: Soviet Agriculture, 1931-1933 (The Industrialization of Soviet Russia)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: April 3, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9780333311073
Subjects: Economic history; European history: from c 1900 -; Famine; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Business / Economics / Finance; History: World; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); Russia; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Industries - General; Business & Economics / Industries; History / Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union); History-Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Collective farms; Collectivization of agricultur; Collectivization of agriculture; Famines; History; Soviet Union
First sentence: The precipitate retreat from mass collectivisation in the spring of 1930 temporarily delayed the efforts of the Politburo to incorporate the vast majority of the peasants into collective farms.