The crop failure of 1925 and its impact on the mood of the Soviet countryside

This article examines the situation of the Soviet village during the period of the new economic policy. The relevance of the study is due to the need for a comprehensive study of the Russian peasantry during the rise of the NEP. The causes and consequences of the crop failure of 1925 and its impact on the mood of various groups of the Russian peasantry are analyzed. The article uses documents of state security agencies, periodicals. The actions resorted to by the peasantry to survive in conditions of crop failure are investigated. The influence of state structures on the emergence of the grain procurement crisis is considered. There has been an increase in panic among the peasants in connection with rumors of an upcoming war. The relations between the city and the countryside in a crisis are analyzed. The state's assistance contributed to the growth of the peasantry's confidence in the Soviet government. The economic support of the village from the state prevented an explosion of social discontent. The crisis of 1925 was caused by miscalculations in planning and was purely economic. At the same time, he contributed ending the «face the village» policy and gradual curtailment of the NEP. It is noted that the source of industrial modernization, which began in the mid-1920s, was the withdrawal of material resources at the expense of peasants.