Dew Point

Collectivization was a tragedy experienced by the peasantry, comparable only to the conquest of Rus by the Tatar-Mongols in terms of its cruelty and the drama it wrought on human lives. As a result of the Bolsheviks' aggressive onslaught, traditional peasant culture, which was entirely based on the relationship between man and the land, was destroyed.

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