Iuzovka and Revolution, Volume II: Politics and Revolution in Russia's Donbass, 1869-1924

by Theodore H. Friedgut

Overview

In 1870 the Welsh ironmaster John James Hughes left his successful career in England and settled in the barren and underpopulated Donbass region of the Ukrainian steppe to found the town of Iuzovka and build a large steel plant and coal mine. Theodore Friedgut tells the remarkable story of the subsequent economic and social development of the Donbass, an area that grew to supply seventy percent of the Russian Empire's coal and iron by World War I. The first volume of this two-volume study focused on the social and economic development of the Donbass, while the second volume is devoted to political analysis.While revealing the grand and tragic sweep of revolutionary events in this region, Friedgut also offers a fascinating picture of the heterogeneous population of these frontier settlements. He analyzes the instability of the revolutionary movement, and in particular the absence of a significant stratum of "worker-intelligentsia," and the inhibiting effect that this had on the development of an indigenous workers' movement. In addition, he reinforces the theory that World War I intensified existing social tensions in the Russian Empire, cutting short the slow but steady modernization of Russia's society and politics and creating the social crisis that led to the collapse of the old regime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691653983
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	03/21/2017
Series:	Studies of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University , #5180
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix

LIST OF TABLES x

PREFACE xi

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvi

PART I The Rise of the Donbass, 1869-1914

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Donbass before Iuzovka 3

Chapter 2: The Genesis of Iuzovka 14

Chapter 3: The New Russia Comes of Age: Economic Development to 1914 39

PART II Life in the Donbass

Chapter 4: Iuzovka The Settlement and Its Society 71

HOUSING THE POPULATION OF Iuzovka 87

Chapter 5: Housekeeping, Diets, and Budgets 113

HOUSEKEEPING: THE ARTEL', FAMILIES, AND BOARDERS 113

DIETS 118

BUDGETS AND SAVINGS 123

CREDIT AND COOPERATIVES 128

Chapter 6: Health, Hygiene, and Sanitation 137

HEALTH AND MEDICAL CARE 137

SANITATION 152

ALCOHOL 160

Chapter 7: Education and Culture 169

THE GROWTH OF EDUCATION IN IUZOVKA 169

ADULT EDUCATION, CULTURE, AND RECREATION 175

TECHNICAL EDUCATION 183

PART III Working in the Donbass

Chapter 8: The Donbass Labor Force: Origins and Structure 193

ETHNIC STRUCTURE AND THE LABOR FORCE 193

THE JEWS OF IUZOVKA 199

THE UKRAINIAN POPULATION 207

MIGRATION AND STABILITY 214

EMPLOYERS' POLICIES 230

AGE AND SEX STRUCTURE OF THE LABOR FORCE 239

SKILL STRUCTURE OF THE LABOR FORCE 251

Chapter 9: Organization of Work, Physical Conditions, Wages, and Benefits 259

WORKING CONDITIONS AND THEIR EFFECTS 273

SAFETY AND ACCIDENTS 277

COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENT AND DISABILITY 288

WAGES AND FINES 299

HOURS OF WORK 317

THE WORKING YEAR: HOLIDAYS AND PRODUCTIVITY 321

Chapter 10: The Growth of the Donbass Community: An Interim Summary 327

GLOSSARY OF RUSSIAN TERMS 335

BIBLIOGRAPHY 337

INDEX 355