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THE SOCIAL SITUATION IN VYATKA COUNTRYSIDE IN THE 1920 S.

Чемоданов И.В.
The tendencies and processes of the social structure and social relations in Vyatka countryside in the 1920s are observed in the article. Changes in the social structure of Vyatka province rural population in the years of NEP, separate social categories of the peasantry (poor peasants, middle peasants, kulaks and farm labourers) are characterized. The process of social differentiation of peasantry in Vyatka region and peculiarities of this process are revealed in the article. The problem of social stratification criteria is actualized. The social-politic moods among different groups of peasantry, rural population attitude to Soviet power agrarian politics (taxing, social assistance for low-income groups etc.) are investigated. The role of the rich peasants in development of agricultural productions, level of capitalist relations, perspectives of agricultural modernizations due to kulak farms strengthening are revealed in this article.