German Colonists of Northwest Russia in Conditions of Post-Revolutionary Reality (1918-1922)

The focus of this publication is on the history German village North-West RSFSR in first post-revolutionary years (1918—1922). economic and political life rural population characterized, including resolution land issues, activities, requisition policies Bolshevik leadership towards them, as well formation functioning Soviet party bodies areas with high concentrations Germans. condition farms largely depended extraordinary revolutionary measures carried out by Bolsheviks within framework equalizing use “war communism”, where was considered an easily accessible high-performance source agricultural resources for Red Army urban population, which resulted excessively burden colonies a selective approach to accounting national specifics Germans their current opportunities. peasants mostly negatively perceived innovations, service used tool protect promote personal interests them from possible repressive measures.