Since the USSR's collapse, there has been an interest in the Stolypin Land Reform as a model for post-Communist agrarian development. This text examines how pea... » 

Since the USSR's collapse, there has been an interest in the Stolypin Land Reform as a model for post-Communist agrarian development. This text examines how peasants in Russia received, interpreted and acted upon government attempts to persuade them to quit the commune and set up independently. «