Lynne Viola is professor of history, University of Toronto. The late V. P. Danilov was a member of the Institute of History at the Russian Academy of Sciences. N. A. Ivnitskii is a member of the Institute of History at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Denis Kozlov is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto.

“This volume—one of the most exciting in the Annals of Communism series—uncovers the Stalinist decision- and policy-making processes at work on momentous new directions for the countryside. A remarkable achievement!”—Mark von Hagen, Columbia University

Lynne Viola is professor of history, University of Toronto. The late V. P. Danilov was a member of the Institute of History at the Russian Academy of Sciences. N. A. Ivnitskii is a member of the Institute of History at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Denis Kozlov is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto.

“This volume—one of the most exciting in the Annals of Communism series—uncovers the Stalinist decision- and policy-making processes at work on momentous new directions for the countryside. A remarkable achievement!”—Mark von Hagen, Columbia University

Lynne Viola is professor of history, University of Toronto. The late V. P. Danilov was a member of the Institute of History at the Russian Academy of Sciences. N. A. Ivnitskii is a member of the Institute of History at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Denis Kozlov is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto.

“This volume—one of the most exciting in the Annals of Communism series—uncovers the Stalinist decision- and policy-making processes at work on momentous new directions for the countryside. A remarkable achievement!”—Mark von Hagen, Columbia University