WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The peasants condemned the Communists as betrayers of the revolution and called for genuine Soviet power. They killed party and governmental officials and took their revenge on food-requisitioning brigades.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term peasant usually refers to people who lived and worked in rural areas, but, in Russia, it also described a legal category-soslovie-which even appeared on an individual’s passport. Russian peasants could live in urban areas, make their living as workers or traders, and serve in the military.

Detailed explanation-3: -Under collectivization the peasantry were forced to give up their individual farms and join large collective farms (kolkhozy). The process was ultimately undertaken in conjunction with the campaign to industrialize the Soviet Union rapidly.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire, begun during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government following two successive revolutions and a bloody civil war.