The reconstruction of agriculture in the Soviet Union

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Identifikator:: 1831009781

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-221050

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Gajster, Aron I. http://d-nb.info/gnd/132986779

Title:: The reconstruction of agriculture in the Soviet Union

Place of publication:: Moscow, U. S. S. R.

Publisher:: Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Year of publication:: [1930]

Scope:: 31, [1] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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a! a Le Pre-revolutionary Russia appeared in the world market primarily as an exporter of agricultural prod- ucts. This position was not the result of a high level of development of the productive forces of the country, —the necessary prerequisite for the export of a mar- ketable surplus from a producing country. The export of farm products from pre-war Russia was based on the rule of the large land-owner, which com- pelled the mass of small farmers to turn over to the market, domestic and foreign, the fruits of their labor, even at the expense of satisfyirg their own most ele- mentary needs. Agriculture in pre-revolutionary Russia was char- acterized by a considerable concentration of farm property in the hands of the wealthy landlords, by the great predominance of small producers among the masses of peasants and, together with this, by the semi-feudal dependence on the landlords existing among the bulk of the peasants. If we divide the land-holdings of pre-revolutionary Russia into four groups accord- ing to size of holding, that is, up to 16.6 hectares, from 16.6 to 22 hectares, from 22 to 550, and those above 550 hectares, the relation between the various groups will be shown in the following table, which gives the data for 1905, when the census on which it is based was taken: 4

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