The purpose of this study is to examine one specific phase of Soviet life--the agricultural system. Whether the Russian peasants are better off under the Communists than they were under the Czar is a question of most importance and interest.

Wang Siu-ha. / Thesis submitted in: December 2003. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-150). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter I : --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter II : --- Peasant women before the Revolution --- p.18 / Chapter Chapter III: --- "The Bolsheviks on the ""Women Question""" --- p.46 / Chapter Chapter IV : --- Mobilizing Peasant Women --- p.71 / Chapter A. --- Educating Peasant Women / Chapter (I) --- Formal education --- p.72 / Chapter (II) --- Informal education --- p.76 / Visual political propaganda: poster / Chapter B. --- Coercing Peasant Women / Chapter (I) --- Dekulakization --- p.83 / Chapter (II) --- The Anti-Religious campaign --- p.85 / Chapter Chapter V : --- Peasant Women Respond to Collectivization --- p.91 / Chapter A. --- Educating Peasant Women / Chapter (I) --- Peasant Women Respond to Formal Education --- p.93 / Chapter (II) --- Peasant Women Respond to Informal education --- p.108 / Chapter B. --- Coercion / Chapter (I) --- Dekulakization --- p.112 / Chapter (II) --- Anti-religious measures --- p.115 / Chapter (III) --- Introduction of Secular Rites for Religious Rites --- p.119 / Chapter Chapter VI: --- Conclusion --- p.131 / Chapter A. --- Rationalists --- p.136 / Chapter B. --- Rationalist-Romantics --- p.138 / Chapter C. --- Romantics --- p.139 / Appendix 1 --- p.143 / Appendix 2 --- p.144 / Appendix 3 --- p.145 / Bibliography --- p.146

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Russian leaders have sought to put the theory of Communism into actual practice in the farming practices of the country. What has been accomplished? This study has been undertaken with this question in mind.