“Most of the kokolzniki are relatively old folks. The median age is in the late forties, early fifties. So most of the private plots are managed by the older people, while the mechanized work, like driving the combines and trucks—” “Which pays a hell of a lot better.” “—is done by the younger workers. You’re telling me that this way they can increase some food production without the younger men . . . of military service age.”
