PEASANTS AND AUTHORITY IN THE CENTRAL CHERNOZEM REGION DURING THE YEARS OF COLLECTIVIZATION. EVERYDAY PRACTICES OF INTERACTION

This article examines the everyday interactions of peasants in the Central Black Earth Region with local authorities and collective farm activists. Particular attention is paid to analyzing abuses and violent actions by collective farm, district, Soviet, and party leadership. The position of individual farmers and kulaks in various relationships and behavioral situations is emphasized. The reaction of law enforcement agencies and higher-level structures to local government abuses is examined. The paper examines peasants attitudes toward collective farm construction, harvest distribution and accounting, and collective labor.