This is the first English-language text to examine in detail how, in the period between 1905 and 1917, Russia's peasants received, interpreted, and acted upon government attempts through the Stolypin Land Reforms to transform them into independent, small-holder farmers.

• Introduction


• The Land Reform as Administrative Utopia


• Open Fields, Scattered Strips, and Repartitions


• Free Riders and Village-Wide Consolidations


• The Government in for us, Otrubniki


• Everyday Forms of Resistance to the Stolypin Reform


• Peasant Modification and Adaptation of the Reform


• Farming in the Immediate Post-Enclosure Years


• Conclusion