Peasants Flashcards
1
Q
What words can be used to describe peasants?
A
rural
countryside
farmers
villages
Agrarian
2
Q
What was rural housing like under the tsars?
A
wooden huts, cold and damp
3
Q
What was rural housing like under the communists?
A
remained the same as the tsars but some move towards argo-towns
4
Q
What was rural work like under the tsars?
A
governed by ‘nature’s clock’
some improvements through reforms but control by mir
5
Q
What was rural work like under the communists?
A
governed by political regime through collectivisation
although less so under Khrushchev
