Download or read book The Voice of the People written by C. J. Storella and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the first comprehensive collection in English of peasant writings during the early years of the Bolshevik regime. Drawn entirely from Russian archival sources, it presents more than 150 previously unpublished letters addressed to newspapers, government officials, and Communist Party leaders. The letters and accompanying commentary result in a unique history of the Soviet peasantry's engagement and struggle with a powerful state, enabling readers to hear the voice of a social class that throughout history has too often been rendered voiceless.