One Hundred Thousand Tractors: The MTS and the Development of Controls in Soviet Agriculture

Frontmatter......Page 1
Preface......Page 5
Contents......Page 13
Chapter 1 The Prehistory of the MTS......Page 17
Chapter 2 The Development of the MTS System......Page 50
Chapter 3 The MTS and Soviet Ideology......Page 77
Chapter 4 The Organization of the Individual Machine- Tractor Station......Page 113
Chapter 5 The MTS and the Administration of Soviet Agriculture......Page 150
Chapter 6 The Party and Agriculture......Page 201
Chapter 7 The Party and MTS Construction 1929-1932......Page 219
Chapter 8 The Politotdels 1933-1934......Page 230
Chapter 9 The MTS and the Normalization of Party Controls 1935-1939......Page 259
Chapter 10 The Wartime Politotdels......Page 275
Chapter 11 The Party and the MTS in the Postwar Period......Page 284
Chapter 12 Closer to Production The MTS and the Raikom in the Final Period......Page 300
Chapter 13 The Liquidation of the MTS......Page 315
Chapter 14 Conclusions......Page 340
Chapter 15 Epilogue......Page 350
Appendix......Page 377
Notes......Page 383
Index......Page 429