Lenin on the Agrarian Question

by Anna Rochester

After stating briefly the nature of the peasant problem in Russia of the 1890's, this book follows the course of Lenin's thinking on agrarian questions both in Russia and in countries of more advanced capitalist development. This story is told against the background of the Revolution of 1905; the extreme reaction which followed; revival of revolutionary activity culminating, after three years of imperialist war, in the Soviet Revolution; the desperate struggle against counter-revolution; and the final victory of Soviet power. Special chapters are devoted to theoretical discussion of small producers and socialism, the land question; the role of co-operatives; and a summary of the underlying principles guiding Lenin's actions on the agrarian question.

285 pages, Paperback

Published May 5, 2018

About the author

Anna Rochester was an American labor reformer, journalist, political activist, and Communist. Although for several years an editor of the liberal monthly The World Tomorrow, Rochester is best remembered as a co-founder of the Labor Research Association, a bureau which collected and interpreted labor statistics in close coordination with the Communist Party USA.