The Post-Soviet Potemkin Village: Politics and Property Rights in the Black Earth Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Post-Soviet Potemkin Village: Politics and Property Rights in the Black Earth Book

In the 1990s, the Russian and Ukrainian governments undertook a project to privatize the collective farms created under Stalin. Under the guise of benefiting former farm employees, the plan instead dispossessed millions of rural people and created a Potemkin village for the post-Soviet era. This book explains how and why this occurred.Read More

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  • Product Description

    In the 1990s, as the Soviet Empire lay in ruins, the Russian and Ukrainian governments undertook a project to dismantle the collective farm system that was created under Stalin and in the process privatize an expanse of farmland larger than Australia. Ordinary people were supposed to benefit from the reform, but local government leaders quietly rebelled against it. The end result was the dispossession of millions of rural people. This is the first book to explain why and how this happened through the perspective of a firsthand observer in the Black Earth region.

  • 0521879388
  • 9780521879385
  • Jessica Allina-Pisano
  • 24 September 2007
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 246
  • 1
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