(in Ukrainian with English summary)
William Noll
Based on extensive fieldwork undertaken in 1993-95 by ten researchers in central and eastern Ukraine, this study focuses on the changes in civil and cultural institutions in the 1920-30s that were a result of the socialization and collectivization of agriculture. The scope of the books includes the Great Famine of 1932-33, repression of farmers, suppression of village cultural and ritual life, suppression of religious culture. Half of the book consists of interviews conducted with villagers who survived the years in question.

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