Activists of the “Revolutionary Turn” Generation in the Late 1920s: А Socio-Political Portrait (A Case-Study of Tambov Okrug and Kozlov Okrug)
The paper presents a socio-political portrait of a peasant activist of the “revolutionary turn” generation in the late 1920s. It has been shown that the representatives of this generation played a key role in rural party cells and public organizations. The author studied personal data of party membe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cherepovets State University
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Historia provinciae: журнал региональной истории |
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| Online Access: | https://en.hpchsu.ru/archived-issues/the-journal-of-regional-history-v-9-no-2/activists-of-the-revolutionary-turn-generation-in-the-late-1920s-socio-political-portrait-a-case-stu/ |
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| Summary: | The paper presents a socio-political portrait of a peasant activist of the “revolutionary turn” generation in the late 1920s. It has been shown that the representatives of this generation played a key role in rural party cells and public organizations. The author studied personal data of party members, candidate members of the VKP(b), and participants in the groups of the poor. The compilation of databases helped to establish the origin, social status, and economic situation of peasant activists. An analysis of the activities of villagers from the age of 16 made it possible to reconstruct a typical life path of an activist. Among the sources for this work were questionnaires of participants in the conferences of the poor, peasants joining the party, and members of the rural Communist Party cells. When examining the socio-political views of peasants, the author used transcripts of okrug and raion conferences of the poor and documents of party organizations. Most of the sources are being introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. The author comes to the conclusion that the majority of activists began their life journey as hired workers. Work in the city as well as participation in wars was a factor in the radicalization of villager’s views. It was established that the majority of party members and those wishing to join the party had inefficient households. As a result, peasants sought to obtain paid bureaucratic positions. It was concluded that having organized their farms after the Civil War, activists had lost interest in farming by the end of the 1920s due to a number of factors. At the same time, the poor expressed dissatisfaction with the bureaucracy of the Soviet system and insufficient assistance from the state. A significant part of the politically active peasants opposed the incitement to class struggle in the village and grain procurements. |
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| ISSN: | 2587-8344 |