Rural Russia on the Edges of Authority
Bezvlastiein Wartime Riazan ́, November-December 1941
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4206709 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stan Bernstein (0000-0001-5116-3828, National Research University Higher School of Economics, corresponding author), Seth Bernstein |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 560-582 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5612/slavicreview.75.3.0560 |
| OpenAlex | W2542209191 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
Central Russia's Riazan ́ province was on the front lines of World War II for two weeks in late 1941. Placed between German and Soviet forces, the province was on the edges of authorities' ability to exert full control over the region. In that time, Soviet power dissolved in the countryside. Peasants raided warehouses and dismantled collective farms while enterprising local notables aided the embryonic occupation regime. Documents created during the two weeks and their immediate aft ermath show that rural Russians, even collaborators, defied simple classification as anti-Soviet. Instead, they exhibited survivalist instincts and a traditional antipathy toward central authority rather than a preference for either German or Soviet power. As Soviet power returned to Riazan ́ authorities grappled with the mass upheaval that the power vacuum had enabled. Unlike later interpretations, which would stress the role of German atrocities in occupation regimes, Riazan ́ authorities blamed "anti-Soviet elements" among the province's population
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| Highly cited | No |