The New York Times7y
RUSSIAN PEASANTS WANT THE COMMUNES ABOLISHED.; Under the Mir System the Land Is Not Regarded as Belonging to the Men Who Cultivate It.
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RBTH7y
From city to countryside: How Russian youth reinvents peasant life
Today, moving from the city to the countryside has become the mainstream in Russia, but in 2012 the Bajans were one of the first such families to step into the unknown, rethinking the concept of ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty8y
In The Footsteps Of Revolution
By 1917, the battlefields of WWI had taken around 1 million Russian lives, most of them peasants and workers in soldiers' uniforms who would otherwise have been feeding and supplying Russia's cities.
BBC11mon
Grievences of the peasantry and industrial workers
Over three-quarters of the Russian population were unhappy with their position in the Empire. Peasants and workers alike suffered horrendous living and working conditions and hence posed a threat ...