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Foreign News
May 5, 1920
The Nenana Daily News
Nenana, Alaska
What is this article about?
From The Hague: Russian peasants are deserting the Red Army en masse to return to villages, lured by high prices and unprecedented earnings from farming. Soviet authority in rural areas remains weak, as peasants selectively adopt communism but heed priests opposing the 'ungodly' government.
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LURE OF HIGH PRICES REDUCES RED ARMIES
THE HAGUE. Russian peasants desert from the Red army at every opportunity and go back to their villages, where they earn more money than they ever before dreamed of earning, asserts the correspondent of the Amsterdam Handelsblad, who recently visited Soviet Russia. Nobody thinks of shooting them for desertion. "For the little they cultivate on their own soil people bring them whatever they want-gold, gramophones, clothes, or money," he adds. "Nevertheless, the power of the soviet in the country is very slight. The peasant accepted from communism all that suited him. Having secured the advantages, he listened to the 'popes' or village priests, who resist this ungodly and particularly unchristian government."
THE HAGUE. Russian peasants desert from the Red army at every opportunity and go back to their villages, where they earn more money than they ever before dreamed of earning, asserts the correspondent of the Amsterdam Handelsblad, who recently visited Soviet Russia. Nobody thinks of shooting them for desertion. "For the little they cultivate on their own soil people bring them whatever they want-gold, gramophones, clothes, or money," he adds. "Nevertheless, the power of the soviet in the country is very slight. The peasant accepted from communism all that suited him. Having secured the advantages, he listened to the 'popes' or village priests, who resist this ungodly and particularly unchristian government."
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
Economic
Religious Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Red Army Desertions
Russian Peasants
Soviet Russia
High Prices
Village Priests
Communism Resistance
Where did it happen?
Soviet Russia
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Primary Location
Soviet Russia
Event Date
Recently
Outcome
desertions reducing red army strength; weak soviet power in countryside
Event Details
Russian peasants desert Red Army to villages for higher earnings from high prices on produce; no punishment for desertion; peasants selectively accept communism but follow priests resisting the government.