Poor Peasants Committee, Soviet Russia

A Committee of the Poor, or Poor Peasants Committee (komitet bednoty, kombed), during the Soviet era in Russia. These committees were introduced in June 1918, designed as a form of self-government for the poor, and were a base of Soviet power in rural areas. Seven peasants sit or stand around a table, discussing a local issue. There is a picture of Lenin on the wall behind them

Alexandre Committees Discussing Peasants Shabby Underclass

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