The Kolkhoz--compulsory Soviet collective farm – Historic Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The Kolkhoz--compulsory Soviet collective farm, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Kolkhoz--compulsory Soviet collective farm
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The title's blunt word "compulsory" sets the tone for this Library of Congress print of a Soviet kolkhoz, or collective farm, shown at a members' meeting. Collectivization, carried out across the Soviet Union from the late 1920s, merged private peasant holdings into state-directed farms where labor and output were shared, and many farmers joined only under heavy pressure. The photograph carries a U.S. Information Agency credit, so it was likely made for Cold War publicity meant to show foreign audiences the Soviet countryside, and it reads as much as a political statement as a record of rural life.
| Created / published | [1952] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1950-1960. |
| Notes | U.S. Information Agency photo. No. 51-18032. |
| Subjects | Collective farms--Soviet Union--1950-1960. Agriculture--Soviet Union--1950-1960. Meetings--Soviet Union--1950-1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,286 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-177060 |
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