In 1950, Harvard University intiated a project to interview Soviet refugees who came to the United States after WWII. This is known as the Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System. The first document is from a refugee who lived in Russia at the time of collectivization. The second is a document from a refugee who lived in Azerbaijan at the time of collectivization.
AcCounts of Two Soviet Refugees
Guiding Questions:
Guiding Questions:
1. How do these accounts of collectivization differ from each other?
2. How do these accounts differ from the propaganda published by the Soviet government?
3. According to these accounts, was collectivization a success for the people who lived it?
Sources:
- Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System. Schedule B, Vol. 24, Case 213 (interviewer K.G.). Widener Library, Harvard University, page 29.
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- Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System. Schedule B, Vol. 7, Case 89 (interviewer M.L.). Widener Library, Harvard University, page 5.
https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/drs:5434480$5i