Russian Peasant Organisation Before Collectivisation

Most Russian Peasants In The Mid-1920S Held Their Land As Members Of A Commune (Or Mir) The Old Russian Form Of Land-Holding. The Revolution Had Brought A Revival In The Fortunes Of The Institution. This Was Not A Welcome Development To The Bolsheviks And The Soviet Government Unsuccessfully Attempted To Supplant The Commune As The Focus Of Rural Affairs By Instituting The Rural Soviets. The Debate On Land-Holding In The Mid-Twenties Bore Fruit Only In Encouraging Peasants To Modify The Worst Inefficiencies Of Strip Farming.