Collectivization of Agriculture in 1928s-1930s: Role of “Light Cavalry”

The contradictory role of the Komsomol “light cavalry” at the initial stage of the continuous collectivization of agriculture in the USSR is analyzed. The main sources were the materials of the Russian state archive of social and political history and propaganda brochures of the 1920s-1930s. The met...

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Main Author: A. A. Slezin
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Tsentr nauchnykh i obrazovatelnykh proektov 2019-03-01
Series:Научный диалог
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Online Access:https://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/1114
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description The contradictory role of the Komsomol “light cavalry” at the initial stage of the continuous collectivization of agriculture in the USSR is analyzed. The main sources were the materials of the Russian state archive of social and political history and propaganda brochures of the 1920s-1930s. The methodological basis of the study is the classical principles: historicism, objectivity, social approach, alternative. The theory of modernization is used, which is understood as the transition from agrarian to industrial society. As a theoretical platform, the author appeals to the theory of nationalization of the Komsomol: the Komsomol is considered as a kind of Soviet “Ministry of youth”, a link between the state and youth. It is shown that in the conditions of shortage of highly qualified personnel and mismanagement in hastily created collective farms, the authorities had to involve inexperienced boys and girls in the implementation of the function of social control. It is noted that “cavalrymen” watched the condition of working cattle, forges, warehouses, bulk items, even the preparation of production plans. However, as shows the author, useful activities for the elimination of economic disadvantages were accompanied by obvious excesses, search not only for obvious, but for imaginary enemies. Particular attention is paid to the identification of the specifics of the “light cavalry” after the publication of Stalin’s article “Dizziness from success.”
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spelling doaj.art-6d5f60f187d5444cbf8814f75e7540d12024-03-25T14:30:58ZrusTsentr nauchnykh i obrazovatelnykh proektovНаучный диалог2225-756X2227-12952019-03-010329230610.24224/2227-1295-2019-3-292-3061110Collectivization of Agriculture in 1928s-1930s: Role of “Light Cavalry”A. A. Slezin0Tambov State Technical UniversityThe contradictory role of the Komsomol “light cavalry” at the initial stage of the continuous collectivization of agriculture in the USSR is analyzed. The main sources were the materials of the Russian state archive of social and political history and propaganda brochures of the 1920s-1930s. The methodological basis of the study is the classical principles: historicism, objectivity, social approach, alternative. The theory of modernization is used, which is understood as the transition from agrarian to industrial society. As a theoretical platform, the author appeals to the theory of nationalization of the Komsomol: the Komsomol is considered as a kind of Soviet “Ministry of youth”, a link between the state and youth. It is shown that in the conditions of shortage of highly qualified personnel and mismanagement in hastily created collective farms, the authorities had to involve inexperienced boys and girls in the implementation of the function of social control. It is noted that “cavalrymen” watched the condition of working cattle, forges, warehouses, bulk items, even the preparation of production plans. However, as shows the author, useful activities for the elimination of economic disadvantages were accompanied by obvious excesses, search not only for obvious, but for imaginary enemies. Particular attention is paid to the identification of the specifics of the “light cavalry” after the publication of Stalin’s article “Dizziness from success.”https://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/1114«легкая кавалерия»“light cavalry”komsomolcollectivizationdekulakizationexcessessocial control
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Collectivization of Agriculture in 1928s-1930s: Role of “Light Cavalry”
Научный диалог
«легкая кавалерия»
“light cavalry”
komsomol
collectivization
dekulakization
excesses
social control
title Collectivization of Agriculture in 1928s-1930s: Role of “Light Cavalry”
title_full Collectivization of Agriculture in 1928s-1930s: Role of “Light Cavalry”
title_fullStr Collectivization of Agriculture in 1928s-1930s: Role of “Light Cavalry”
title_full_unstemmed Collectivization of Agriculture in 1928s-1930s: Role of “Light Cavalry”
title_short Collectivization of Agriculture in 1928s-1930s: Role of “Light Cavalry”
title_sort collectivization of agriculture in 1928s 1930s role of light cavalry
topic «легкая кавалерия»
“light cavalry”
komsomol
collectivization
dekulakization
excesses
social control
url https://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/1114
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