Topic:Peasantry under Tsarist and Communist Russia

Q.'How far do you agree that the economic position of the peasantry in Russia was stronger in the period between the Emancipation and the Revolution than it was under Lenin and Stalin?' My answer: From 1856 to 1953 Russia was a country of great change, moving from Tsarist to Communist rule under Stalin. A central part of the reasons for Russia's change was agriculture and this essay explores the impact of those changes upon the …

…regime did, and this can be backed up by a historian's view, Adam Ulam, who states that Stalin was; 'Corrupted by absolute power, power that turned a ruthless politician into a monstrous tyrant. The terror was necessary, to keep men obedient, but even more to make them believe'. To conclude, this quotation shows what Stalin was really like and that he was a disaster for the USSR, therefore the peasants benefited more under Tsarist rule.