Book contents
- Remaking Ukraine after World War II
- New Studies in European History
- Remaking Ukraine after World War II
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Translation and Transliteration
- Abbreviations and Translated Terms from Russian and Ukrainian
- Introduction
- Part I The Battle for Land between the People and Local and Central Soviet Authorities
- Part II The Cost of the Battle for Land to People and the State
- Conclusion
- Appendix Archival Source Locations and Guide for Further Research
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 January 2021
Book contents
- Remaking Ukraine after World War II
- New Studies in European History
- Remaking Ukraine after World War II
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Translation and Transliteration
- Abbreviations and Translated Terms from Russian and Ukrainian
- Introduction
- Part I The Battle for Land between the People and Local and Central Soviet Authorities
- Part II The Cost of the Battle for Land to People and the State
- Conclusion
- Appendix Archival Source Locations and Guide for Further Research
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Despite the devastation of Ukraine upon its liberation from German occupation by 1944, the country’s political leaders were greatly optimistic about the prospect of rebuilding it. Raion leaders from Kyiv Oblast took turns at this plenum proclaiming how enthusiastic kolkhozniki were about the return of Soviet power and their commitment to working hard to supply the Red Army with food to aid in the final defeat of the German enemy. They supplemented their speeches with colourful examples of kolkhozniki spontaneously swearing oaths to Soviet power and to Stalin personally, just like their forebears had done to the tsars.
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- Remaking Ukraine after World War IIThe Clash of Local and Central Soviet Power, pp. 182 - 190Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021