The Harvest of Sorrow
Soviet Collectivization and the TerrorFamine
by Robert Conquest
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Socialism, History, and Nonfiction.
The Harvest of Sorrow is the first full history of one of the most horrendous human tragedies of the 20th century. Between 1929 and 1932 the Soviet Communist Party struck a double blow at the Russian peasantry: dekulakization, the dispossession and deportation of millions of peasant families, and collectivization, the abolition of private ownership...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Socialism, History, and Nonfiction.
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Alexander Stubb
“Read this book in 1991. Left a lasting impression. Recommended reading still today. The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the TerrorFamine : Conquest, Robert: Libri”
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