Review of the book: Etkind A. (2020) The Nature of Evil. Raw Materials and the State. Moscow: New Literary Review, 504 p. ISBN 978-5-4448-1155-9

Babashkin Vladimir V., DSc (History), Professor, Department of Political-Legal Disciplines and Social Communications, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; Vernadskogo Prosp., 82, Moscow, 119571, Russia.
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Review of the book: Moon D. The American Steppes: The Unexpected Russian Roots of Great Plains Agriculture, 1870s — 1930s. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020, XL+ 431 p.

Babashkin Vladimir V., DSc (History), Professor, Department of Political-Legal Disciplines and Social Communications, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. 115571, Moscow, Vernadskogo Prosp., 82.
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Review of the book: Zhukova T. A. Land and People. A Farmer’s Diary: A Documentary Sketch. Krasnodar: KubGAU, 2020. 188 p. ISBN 978-5-907373-20-4

Babashkin Vladimir V., Professor, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. 115571, Moscow, Prosp. Vernadskogo, 82.
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Review of the book: Sinitsyn F. L. The Soviet State and Nomads. History, Policy, Population. 1917–1991. Moscow: Tsentrpoligraph, 2019, 318 p.

 

Babashkin Vladimir V., Professor Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. 115571 Moscow, prosp. Vernadskogo, 82.
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Book Review: Wesson R.G. Soviet Communes. New York: H. Wolff, 1963.—275 p.

Babashkin Vladimir V., DSc (History), Professor, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. 115571, Moscow, Vernadskogo Prosp., 82.
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Review of the book: Fruhauf M., Guggenberger G., Meinel T., Theesfeld I., Lentz S. (Eds.) KULUNDA: Climate Smart Agriculture. South Siberian Agrosteppe as Pioneering Region for Sustainable Land Use. Cham (Switzerland): Springer, 2020—XXVI+ 522 p.

Babashkin Vladimir V., Professor, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. 115571, Moscow, Vernadskogo Prosp., 82.
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These texts are a tribute of the representatives of peasant studies to their dear teacher and colleague Teodor Shanin (29.10.1930—04.02.2020), an outstanding British sociologist, one of the founders of the global and Russian interdisciplinary studies of rural life (peasant studies), Professor Emeritus of the University of Manchester, founder and President of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Honorary Editor of the journal Russian Peasant Studies. The texts present the personal memories of sociologists and historians O. Fadeeva, V. Vinogradsky, V. Kondrashin, V. Babashkin, O. Gorovenko and I. Shteinberg about their communication and work with Teodor Shanin. The memories focus primarily on the development of the first Shanin’s sociological project ‘Social Structure of the Soviet (Post-Soviet) Village’ (1990-1994) and describe features of the research methodology, field work, realized and not realized research plans of Shanin and his colleagues. The authors emphasize the intellectual and personal significance of Shanin’s legacy for understanding the further research tasks of contemporary peasant studies, and honor Shanin not only as a talented organizer of scientific projects and methodologist-theoretician of social sciences, but also as a remarkable field researcher and excellent lecturer-teacher. All authors admire the personal virtues of Shanin—his curiosity, keenness of observation, empathy, and the will for both intellectual comprehension and humanistic transformation of society.

Teodor Shanin, peasant studies, historical sociology, economic sociology, anthropology, field research, qualitative methods, rural Russia

Babashkin Vladimir V., DSc (History), Professor, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. 115571, Moscow, Prosp.Vernadskogo, 82.
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Vinogradsky Valery G., DSc (Philosophy), Senior Researcher, Center for Agrarian Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. 119571, Moscow, Prosp. Vernadskogo, 82.
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Kondrashin Viktor V., DSc (History), Professor, Head of the Center for Economic History, Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 117292, Moscow, D. Ul’yanova St., 19.
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Gorovenko (Ryzhankova) Oksana V., PhD (Economics), Associate Professor, Department of International Business, Belarus State Economic University. Partizansky Prosp., 26, Minsk, 220070, Belarus.
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Fadeeva Olga P., PhD (Sociology), Senior Researcher, Institute of Economics and Organization of Industrial Production, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 630090, Novosibirsk, Prosp. Lavrentieva, 17.
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Shteinberg Ilya E., PhD (Philosophy), Associate Professor, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education. Sretenka St., 29, Moscow, 127051, Russia.
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Tyurin G.V., Tyurin V.G. How to Develop Our Hinterland. Local Economy in Russia and the World. Saint-Petersburg: “Zhivaya Provintsiya”, 2018. — 308 p. ISBN 978-5-6041434-0-7.

Babashkin Vladimir V., DSc (History), Professor, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. Vernadskogo Prosp., 82, Moscow, Russian Federation, 115571.
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Book review: Kabytov P.S. Life and Work of Professor Grigory Alekseevich Gerasimenko. Saratov: “Tekhno-Decor” Publishing House, 2016.—136 p.

Babashkin Vladimir V., DSc (History), Professor, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. 115571, Moscow, Vernadskogo Prosp., 82.
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