Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of History
First Advisor
Lois Becker
Term of Graduation
Fall 1999
Date of Publication
11-4-1999
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.) in History
Department
History
Language
English
Subjects
Women in agriculture -- Soviet Union -- History, Agriculture and state -- Soviet Union -- History, Rural women -- Soviet Union -- History, Krestʹi︠a︡nka
Physical Description
1 online resource (131 pages)
Abstract
After World War II, women became very important to the Soviet plan to reassert control over the countryside and reestablish agriculture in those areas hard hit by war. This happened because long term migration trends to the city and wartime casualties had made women the majority in the countryside. There was a need for them to exceed their previous contributions to agriculture, even as they struggled to cope with wartime losses.
State propaganda encouraged rural women to regard employment in agriculture as their patriotic duty. This study analyzes one publication aimed at rural women, Krest'ianka, and examines the following questions: How did Krest'ianka reflect postwar rural policy? By what means did it appeal to rural women, and, was it successful in making the case for rural policy? Krest'ianka is considered as one means whereby the state communicated directly with rural women, offering a vision for the future and suggesting how they could accommodate the regime.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/44513
Recommended Citation
Susman, Rachael Preiss, "Harrowing Heroines and Communist Plots: Krest'ianka and Rural Policy, 1946-1949" (1999). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 7020.