More and more Western mercs are running for their lives. Snip:
“Prozorov elaborated that foreign mercenaries complain about the incompetence of the Ukrainian command, their cowardice and betrayal, as fighters were thrown into useless attacks and “meat grinds” under Russian artillery.”
The former Ukrainian officer also pointed out that at least several hundred Neo-Nazis from all over the world came to fight for Kiev.
The Soviets ended serfdom in a rather effective and convincing manner though
Not sure what you mean. Serfdom was abolished in 1860s. Are you referring to the subjugation to landlords and capitalists after that as ‘serfdom’?
Read Lenin, he explains about remnants of serfdom going well into early XX century. Abolishment in 1860s was only formal and very shallow.
didnt some parts of russia keep basically buying/selling their serfs well after the legal abolishment?
Yeah in some parts landowners power were so much it basically happened, just not as openly as before, mostly together with land because that so called “enfranchisement of peasants” in Russia for most peasants kept them tied, just by debt and not law. Of course it did had one huge difference in that they could legally leave their land now, but they would have to leave everything - and still millions did it, though mostly from hunger and despair. As Lenin mentioned, one of the chief reasons for even abolishing serfdom was that capitalists demanded workforce which couldn’t be satisfied by petrified feudal society.
Firstly, can you point to a particular work?
Secondly, that will have to wait, as I have thousands of pages of other stuff to deal with first.
Thirdly, I might have an idea what is being talked about, as, in particular, a lot of serfs did get forced to work for their prior landlords in effectively the same capacity. However, I am not sure if that is what the person I was replying to meant.
Basically in most about peasants and agriculture. Most notable of which is “The Development of Capitalism in Russia”, also a lot of others in few first books of collected works.
Keyword is “odrobki” although i have no idea how that would be in English version since i read it in Polish (work-offs maybe?)
Close enough.