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First published in 1998. This is volume IV of VIII in the international library of sociology based on the sociology of the Soviet Union. The author’s account of the life on the collective farm is based mainly on the diaries which he was able to bring with him out of the Soviet Union. The diaries included statistical reports of collective farm operations, but for some of the facts and figures the author has had to rely on his memory.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgments = ⅴ

About the Author = ⅶ

A Note on the Text = xiii

CHAPTER Ⅰ. THE HISTORY OF OUR VILLAGE TO 1947

 From Prerevolutionary Days Through the Civil War = 1

 From the End of the Civil War to Collectivization = 3

 The First Attempts at Collectivization = 6

 The First Kolkhozes and the Famine of 1932 - 1933 = 10

 Life on the Kolkhoz Before the War = 14

 The Destruction of the Kolkhoz and the Occupation of the Village by the Germans = 19

 The Restoration of the Kolkhoz = 21

 Notes to Chapter Ⅰ = 27

Ⅱ. THE STRUCTURE OF THE KOLKHOZ = 30

 Kolkhoz Property = 31

 The General Meeting of the Kolkhoz Members = 33

 Kolkhoz Officials - The Board of Managers and the Chairman = 37

 The Inspection Committee = 42

 Brigades and Squads = 44

 The Accountant and Other Specialists = 45

 The Kolkhoz Party Organization = 48

 Notes to Chapter Ⅱ = 51

Ⅲ. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE KOLKHOZ AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS = 53

 The Village = 53

 The Raion = 61

 The Machine-Tractor Stations(MTS) = 64

 Bribery of Raion Officials = 66

 Raion Sections of the MVD and the MGB = 67

 Political Indoctrination and Propaganda on the Kolkhozes = 72

 Notes to Chapter Ⅲ = 81

Ⅳ. THE PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION OF OPERATIONS = 82

 Kolkhoz Operations = 82

 The Production and Financial Plans = 84

 Production Norms and Remuneration = 87

 The Sowing Plan = 91

 Contracts with State Agencies and Organizations = 94

 Compulsory Deliveries of Grain and Non-Grain Products = 97

 Provision of Labor for Government Use = 103

 Notes to Chapter Ⅳ = 105

Ⅴ. LABOR, EQUIPMENT AND DRAFT POWER = 106

 The Labor Force = 107

 Labor Discipline = 109

 Implements and Equipment = 116

 Animal Draft Power = 124

 Notes to Chapter Ⅴ = 126

Ⅵ. FIELD WORK AND CROP DELIVERIES = 127

 The Sowing Campaign = 127

 The Harvest Campaign and the Grain Deliveries = 131

 Sugar Beet Harvesting = 140

 The Harvest Feast = 143

 Agricultural Experiments = 144

 Notes to Chapter Ⅵ = 146

Ⅶ. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ON THE KOLKHOZ = 148

 Supply Contracts and the Three-Year Plan(1949 - 1952) = 148

 The Fodder Problem = 153

 Sheltering the Livestock = 155

 Mortality Among the Livestock = 156

 Workers on the Stock Forms = 157

 A Note on Amalgamation = 158

 Notes to Chapter Ⅶ = 160

Ⅷ. RURAL HOUSING CONSTRUCTION AND ELECTRIFICATION = 161

 State Plans for Rural Reconstruction = 161

 State Aid for Veterans's Housing = 163

 Housing Construction by the Kolkhozes = 164

 Rural Electrification and the Rural Electrification Board = 168

 The Construction of the Hydroelectric Plant in Our Kolkhoz = 170

 Notes to Chapter Ⅷ = 175

Ⅸ. INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS = 176

 The Economy of an Average Household = 178

 The Private Livestock Problem = 184

 Women and Children = 186

 Notes to Chapter Ⅸ = 190

CONCLUSION = 191

Appendix A : Diaries 1948 and 1949 = 197

Appendix B : Bribes to Raion Officials in 1948 = 216

Appendix C : Sowing Plan for Our Kolkhoz, 1947 - 1949 = 218

Appendix D : Agreement Between the MTS and the Kolkhoz, 1949 = 221

Appendix E : Prices for Agricultural Machinery, 1949 = 222

Appendix F : Some Additional References from the Soviet Press, 1949 - 1955 = 223

Appendix G : A Note on the September 1953 Decisions = 229

Table of Equivalents = 233

Index = 234