Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents xiii
4. Part I. Historical and Ideological Foundations
5. Chapter 1: The Prehistory of the MTS 3
6. Chapter 2: The Development of the MTS System 36
7. Chapter 3: The MTS and Soviet Ideology 63
8. PART II. The MTS and the System of Agricultural Administration
9. Chapter 4: The Organization of the Individual Machine- Tractor Station 101
10. Chapter 5: The MTS and the Administration of Soviet Agriculture 138
11. PART III. The MTS and the System of Party Controls in the Village
12. Chapter 6: The Party and Agriculture 191
13. Chapter 7: The Party and MTS Construction, 1929-1932 209
14. Chapter 8: The Politotdels, 1933-1934 220
15. Chapter 9: The MTS and the Normalization of Party Controls, 1935-1939 249
16. Chapter 10: The Wartime Politotdels 265
17. Chapter 11: The Party and the MTS in the Postwar Period 274
18. Chapter 12: "Closer to Production": The MTS and the Raikom in the Final Period 290
19. PART IV. The Liquidation of the MTS
20. Chapter 13: The Liquidation of the MTS 307
21. Chapter 14: Conclusions 332
22. Chapter 15: Epilogue 342
23. Appendix 369
24. Notes 375
25. Index 421