From the second half of February of this year, in various regions of the Ukraine… mass
insurrections of the peasantry have taken place, caused by distortions of the party’s line by a
section of the lower ranks of the party and the Soviet apparatus in the course of the introduction of collectivisation and preparatory work for the spring harvest. Within a short time, large activities
from the above mentioned regions carried over into the neighbouring areas- and the most
aggressive insurrections have taken place near the border. The greater part of the peasant
insurrections have been linked with outright demands for the return of collectivised stocks of grain,
livestock and tools…25000 have been arrested…. 656 have been executed, 3673 have been
imprisoned in labour camps and 5580 exiled…..
Answer these questions-
a) What do you infer from the above excerpt?
b) Which region is focussed in this extract?
c) What is the writer referring to?
d) Who was the Russian ruler at that time?
e) What happened to the large scale activities in the region?
Answers
Answer:
Explanation:
(a)At the time when both wrote these passages, India was ruled with an iron hand by the British. There were vast caste and class differences and the people were ignorant and backward. They were impressed by the fact that all persons in Russia were treated equally In spite of them not being very prosperous, they were happily going about their work. Asians and Europeans mingled freely in Russia, whereas it was unthinkable in India at that time. (b)What the two writers failed to notice was that essentially the people were not free to do as they liked. The Bolsheviks ruled like dictators and followed repressive policies to develop the nation quickly. The hard lives and poor working conditions of the people went unnoticed by these travelers.