SOVIET AGRICULTURE SINCE 1953

In: Political science quarterly: PSQ ; the journal public and international affairs, Band 75, Heft 1, S. 47-65

Abstract

Soviet agriculture in the 1950's has been characterized by the same econ problems & ideological contradiction that have been evident since the Bolsheviks assumed power, & the sullen resentment of the peasants has remained at the core of the agri'al problem. The agri'al reforms begun in 1953 at the insistence of Krushchev & consummated in the sale of the machinery of the Machine Tractor Stations to the collective farms in 1958 should produce positive results in future yrs, provided that no further measures are introduced to reduce the already low income of the peasants. IPSA.