ussr history

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Introduction

The peasant women collectivization took place in the era between 1928 and 1932 (Lynne , 1992 . This collectiveness can be seen as a modern day social movement geared towards fighting for human rights . The peasant women proved their political maturity through making efforts to fight for their rights in a country where opposition was unheard of . To modern historians the peasant women can be seen as agents as social change who used mental prowess

to bring about social change . This collectiveness however was faced with many obstacles , for instance Soviet Union used propaganda to stop peasant women from getting together and uniting in their fight against state policy (Lynne , 1996

Soviet Union knew that such a unity would be detrimental to its fascist regime (Lynne , 1992 . The success of peasant women collectivism would also be detrimental to the objectives and goals of Soviet Union . The Soviet Union can be argued to have been obsessed with its fascist kind of leadership and any slight threat had to be dealt with . For instance peasant women were considered to be backward and incapable of spearheading any social action from its oppressive government (Lynne 1996 . With this in mind , the only possible explanation for the women collectiveness was incitement from anti soviet groups

Consequently it can be argued that the Soviet Union had a very low opinion of the peasant women . This is shown in their mode of leadership whereby they use brainwashing tactics to make the peasant women do what they wanted them to do . For instance the Soviet Union made the women take their side through propaganda and those who opposed them were treated with much violence (Lynne , 1996 . On the other hand , it can be argued that the first step by the women in realizing their plight and using unity (collectiveness ) to fight for their rights was a big milestone in the development of democracy not only in Soviet Union but in the world

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Lynne V . 1992 . Bab 'i bunty and Peasant Women 's Protest during Collectivization ' In Russian Peasant Women , eds . Beatrice Farnsworth and Lynne Viola . Oxford : Oxford University Press

Lynne V . 1996 . Peasant Rebels under Stalin : Collectivization and the Culture of Peasant Resistance . Oxford : Oxford University Press

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