Climate dependence and food problems in Russia, 1900-1990 : the interaction of climate and agricultural policy and their effect on food problems / by Nikolai M. Dronin and Edward G. Bellinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dronin, N. M.

Contributor:

Bellinger, E. G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture and state--Soviet Union.

Agriculture and state.

Agriculture and state--Russia.

Crops and climate--Soviet Union.

Crops and climate.

Crops and climate--Russia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1900 and 1990 there were several periods of grain and other food shortages in Russia and the former Soviet Union, some of which reached disaster proportions resulting in mass famine and death on an unprecedented scale. New stocks of information not previously accessible as well as traditional official and other sources have been used to explore the extent to which policy and vagaries in climate conspired to affect agricultural yields. Were the leaders' (Stalin, Krushchev, Brezhnev and Gorbachev) policies sound in theory but failed in practice because of unpredictable weather? How did the Soviet peasants react to these changes? What impact did Soviet agriculture have on the overall economy of the country? These are all questions that are taken into account. The book is arranged in chapters representing different time periods. In each the policy of the central government is discussed followed by the climate vagaries during that period. Crop yields are then analyzed in the light of policy and climate.

Contents:

Introduction: climate and agriculture in Russia

The availability and reliability of statistical agricultural data for Russia

The pre-revolutionary period (before 1916)

The post-revolutionary decade (1917-1928)

The Stalin era (1929-1953)

The post-Stalin period (after 1953)

Summary

The pre-revolutionary period (1900-1916)

Major developments in agriculture

Weather variations and agricultural production

Food problems

The post-revolutionary period (1917-1928)

The collectivization of Soviet agriculture (1929-1940)

The post-war recovery period (1945-1954)

The virgin lands campaign (1955-1964)

The period of agricultural intensification (1965-1975)

The period of agricultural stagnation (1976-1990)

Summary.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-360) and index.

ISBN:

1-003-71884-1

978-615-5053-68-9

9786155053689

978-6-15505-368-9

615-5053-68-5

1-281-26861-5

9781423717503

9786611268619

1-4237-1750-3

9781003718840

OCLC:

61191647