The “golden age” of Russian serfdom by O. Yu. Yakhshiyan

“…The “time bomb” laid by Peter I and his immediate successors in the inter-verbal relations of the local nobility and the peasantry dependent on it will explode at the beginning of the twentieth century, and it will give rise to a great peasant revolution in Russia.…”
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Internal agricultural policy of the government of A. V. Kolchak by E. A. Koshechkina

“…The author shows how the proclaimed Russian government sought to attract to its side the most significant segment of the country’s population, to regulate social relations constructing a special form of relations with the peasantry. The article deals with attempts to introduce new agricultural legislation, considers unrealized projects of agrarian reforms, and highlights the reasons for the defeat of the government of A. …”
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Soviet Researchers on the Middle East: Ahead of Their Time by I. D. Zvyagelskaya

“…Despite the domination of the official dogmas the leading Soviet researchers were able to present a realistic picture of the region, although their «untimely meditations» were presented in a form acceptable to the Communist ideology.The primitive division of society into the bourgeoisie, the proletariat, peasantry and landlords and the hopes for eventual development of communist parties worldwide both did not reflect the realities in the Third World countries and did not leave room for the Soviet Union there. …”
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