RUDN Journal of Russian History (Dec 2012)
Communal Democracy Traditions in Formation Process and Activities of Rural Soviets in 1920s
Abstract
The article analyzes the formation process of local self-government of the Russian peasantry in the form of rural Soviets in the 1920s, considers the legal framework and the legislation aspect: the RSFSR Constitutions of 1918 and 1925, the rural Soviets formation, their interrelations with land communities, etc.