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One could write a whole book about the so-called derevenshchiki (village writers), authors who, often themselves of peasant origin, have the peasant cause close to their hearts. Misha Lewin is no more of peasant origin than I am, but his own interest in the fate of the peasantry has inspired some of his best pages, and it is a pleasure and an honour to contribute to celebrating his achievements. This contribution is not as long or as scholarly as its author would like, but time, alas, is a scarce commodity, even after retirement.
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For example, R. Medvedev in Sobesednik, 1988, No. 18;
Yurii Afanasiev in Literaturnaya Rossiya, 17 June 1988;
G. Shmelev in Oktyabr, 1988, No. 2.
Notably I. Klyamkin in Novyi mir, 1987, No. 11.
Voprosy istorii, 1989, No. 4 (letter from V. Tsaplin).
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Nove, A. (1992). Soviet Peasants and Soviet Literature. In: Lampert, N., Rittersporn, G.T. (eds) Stalinism: Its Nature and Aftermath. Studies in Soviet History and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12260-8_6
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