Help pls A Peasant's View of the BolsheviksIn 1917, the Russians overthrew the czarist regime, creatingthe first large Communist country in history. The Commu-nists moved quickly to try to change life in Russia. In thefollowing excerpt, a British observer, C.R. Buxton, describeshis talk with a Russian peasant in 1920. The peasant explainshis feelings about the revolution.As you read, think about answers to the questions listed below. When youhave completed the reading, answer these questions on a separate sheet ofраper.1. How much land did Emilianov have before the revolution?2. How much land did Emilianov have after the revolution?3. What was the attitude of the peasants toward the revolution?4. What was the attitude of the peasants toward the Soviet govemment? -5. Why do you think new govermments often lose support soon afterwinning a revolution?My host's namePetrovich Emilianov. He was of the"middle". type of peasant, whichwas Alexanderhosť's case was a type, not only of thousands,but of millions of others....formed the great majority of the village. Aboutone-fifth of its people were considered "poor"peasants. Of "rich" peasants there were onlyfour or five, I was told.Tall, upstanding and vigorous, with short,brown beard, in a much-wom cloth suit andtop-boets, Emilianov reminded me of... ̟neof my earliest and bestfriends. I soon found that he"Look there," said Emilianov, pointing outfrom the edge of the village field over the lim-itless rolling steppe [plains). "All that was theland of the landlords. . .. You may drive fortyversts [about 13 miles] in a straight line fromhere and see nothing else." I came to realisethat, in effect, the villages and their "fields,"large as they seemed, were but islands in an-ocean of large properties. On allsides they had been hemmed inby the estates of the great land-was a man of shrewd intel-ligence. He could read withease. . . . He was evidentlywell versed in the Bible, andcould hold his own in theo-lords."Who owned all thisland?" I asked."All sorts of landlords.One was a Cossack. Two werelogical arguinent..Before the RevolutionSamara [the Russian city nowmy host had had eight acres-about the aver-age holding in that region. He had now no lessthan eighty-five. This was the tremendous factthat I had tumed over and over in my mind aswe bumped along. Tremendous, surely; for mycalled Kuibyshev] merchants. One was a Ger-man, Schmidt, who bought his from the Crown.Some was held by the Monks. One was an es-tate of Maria Feodorovna, the Csaritsa [wife ofthe Czar]."Dantier Hal Inc "What happened to them?""They are mostly gone," he replied in amatter-of-fact tone. "Some are in Samara. Mostof them have left Russia, I suppose."...The landlords' land was seized in Ozero[the village of Emilianov] in the summer of1917-that is, during the Kerensky regime, andbefore the Communists came into power. I wastold afterwards that by October of that yearthere was not single great estate left in theSamara "Government." But it appears.that theformal allocation of the land did not take placeuntil after the October (i.e., Communist) Revo-lution. With the land, the stock and implementswere distributed also.The Soviet...[govemment] alloted a cer-tain quantity of land to each village in its area.Özero among others: The Soviet of Ozero wasspecially elected for the purpose of dividingup the land, all the villagers having the rightto vote. The Soviet then distributed the landaccording to an absolutely fixed principle,namely, five desiatin"soul." No one was to havemore than he and his familycould work Emilianov's fam-"Because they are always worrying usThey are people from the towns and don'understand the country. Comnmissars-power:ful persons are continually coming. We don'tknow what to do with them. New ordersare always coming out. People are puzzled. Assoon as you understand one of them, a differ-ent one comes along.""What party do most people belong tchere?""None at all. They are non-party...The general attitude of the peasants, so faras I could judge, was that they owed much tothe Soviet Government in the matter of theland; they approved of the "principle of eve-rybody being equal"; they often talked of the"true" Communist as being an idealperson. But they compained bitterly ofsence of necessities, of the compulsory [forçedcontributions, and the worry of perpetua[constant] orders and appeals, often hard tounderstand. They considered that the Gov-ernment was responsible for all these evilsalike, and that the peasantwas somehow in a position ofinferiority to the townsman.And yet, in spite of allthese complaints, when theopportunity was offered themto choose between... [a non-Communist govemment] onthe one side and the Soviet Government onthe other, the peasants do not seem to have[about 11 acres) per"They don't like theCommunist Party,but they like theRevolution .ily, including wife and chil-dren, amounted to seven, andthat is why he had thirty-fivedesiatin, or approximately.eighty acres. Appeals could bemade to the Volost (or District) Soviet, and onone occasion I heard such an appeal being tried."And what do the peasants think of it allnow?" I asked Emilianov."It's a fine thing, the Revolution. Every oneis in favour of it. They don't like the Commu-nist Party, but they like the Revolution:""Why don't they like the CommunistParty?"had much hesitation....They were for the Revolution; and for themoment the Soviet power was the... [sym-boll of the Revolution. They grumbled andcursed at it; but when the opportunity was of-fered to overthrow it, they said, "No."

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Help pls A Peasant's View of the BolsheviksIn 1917, the Russians overthrew the czarist regime, creatingthe first large Communist country in history. The Commu-nists moved quickly to try to change life in Russia. In thefollowing excerpt, a British observer, C.R. Buxton, describeshis talk with a Russian peasant in 1920. The peasant explainshis feelings about the revolution.As you read, think about answers to the questions listed below. When youhave completed the reading, answer these questions on a separate sheet ofраper.1. How much land did Emilianov have before the revolution?2. How much land did Emilianov have after the revolution?3. What was the attitude of the peasants toward the revolution?4. What was the attitude of the peasants toward the Soviet govemment? -5. Why do you think new govermments often lose support soon afterwinning a revolution?My host's namePetrovich Emilianov. He was of the&#34;middle&#34;. type of peasant, whichwas Alexanderhosť's case was a type, not only of thousands,but of millions of others....formed the great majority of the village. Aboutone-fifth of its people were considered &#34;poor&#34;peasants. Of &#34;rich&#34; peasants there were onlyfour or five, I was told.Tall, upstanding and vigorous, with short,brown beard, in a much-wom cloth suit andtop-boets, Emilianov reminded me of... ̟neof my earliest and bestfriends. I soon found that he&#34;Look there,&#34; said Emilianov, pointing outfrom the edge of the village field over the lim-itless rolling steppe [plains). &#34;All that was theland of the landlords. . .. You may drive fortyversts [about 13 miles] in a straight line fromhere and see nothing else.&#34; I came to realisethat, in effect, the villages and their &#34;fields,&#34;large as they seemed, were but islands in an-ocean of large properties. On allsides they had been hemmed inby the estates of the great land-was a man of shrewd intel-ligence. He could read withease. . . . He was evidentlywell versed in the Bible, andcould hold his own in theo-lords.&#34;Who owned all thisland?&#34; I asked.&#34;All sorts of landlords.One was a Cossack. Two werelogical arguinent..Before the RevolutionSamara [the Russian city nowmy host had had eight acres-about the aver-age holding in that region. He had now no lessthan eighty-five. This was the tremendous factthat I had tumed over and over in my mind aswe bumped along. Tremendous, surely; for mycalled Kuibyshev] merchants. One was a Ger-man, Schmidt, who bought his from the Crown.Some was held by the Monks. One was an es-tate of Maria Feodorovna, the Csaritsa [wife ofthe Czar].&#34;Dantier Hal Inc &#34;What happened to them?&#34;&#34;They are mostly gone,&#34; he replied in amatter-of-fact tone. &#34;Some are in Samara. Mostof them have left Russia, I suppose.&#34;...The landlords' land was seized in Ozero[the village of Emilianov] in the summer of1917-that is, during the Kerensky regime, andbefore the Communists came into power. I wastold afterwards that by October of that yearthere was not single great estate left in theSamara &#34;Government.&#34; But it appears.that theformal allocation of the land did not take placeuntil after the October (i.e., Communist) Revo-lution. With the land, the stock and implementswere distributed also.The Soviet...[govemment] alloted a cer-tain quantity of land to each village in its area.Özero among others: The Soviet of Ozero wasspecially elected for the purpose of dividingup the land, all the villagers having the rightto vote. The Soviet then distributed the landaccording to an absolutely fixed principle,namely, five desiatin&#34;soul.&#34; No one was to havemore than he and his familycould work Emilianov's fam-&#34;Because they are always worrying usThey are people from the towns and don'understand the country. Comnmissars-power:ful persons are continually coming. We don'tknow what to do with them. New ordersare always coming out. People are puzzled. Assoon as you understand one of them, a differ-ent one comes along.&#34;&#34;What party do most people belong tchere?&#34;&#34;None at all. They are non-party...The general attitude of the peasants, so faras I could judge, was that they owed much tothe Soviet Government in the matter of theland; they approved of the &#34;principle of eve-rybody being equal&#34;; they often talked of the&#34;true&#34; Communist as being an idealperson. But they compained bitterly ofsence of necessities, of the compulsory [forçedcontributions, and the worry of perpetua[constant] orders and appeals, often hard tounderstand. They considered that the Gov-ernment was responsible for all these evilsalike, and that the peasantwas somehow in a position ofinferiority to the townsman.And yet, in spite of allthese complaints, when theopportunity was offered themto choose between... [a non-Communist govemment] onthe one side and the Soviet Government onthe other, the peasants do not seem to have[about 11 acres) per&#34;They don't like theCommunist Party,but they like theRevolution .ily, including wife and chil-dren, amounted to seven, andthat is why he had thirty-fivedesiatin, or approximately.eighty acres. Appeals could bemade to the Volost (or District) Soviet, and onone occasion I heard such an appeal being tried.&#34;And what do the peasants think of it allnow?&#34; I asked Emilianov.&#34;It's a fine thing, the Revolution. Every oneis in favour of it. They don't like the Commu-nist Party, but they like the Revolution:&#34;&#34;Why don't they like the CommunistParty?&#34;had much hesitation....They were for the Revolution; and for themoment the Soviet power was the... [sym-boll of the Revolution. They grumbled andcursed at it; but when the opportunity was of-fered to overthrow it, they said, &#34;No.&#34;

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