The book is dedicated to the tragic events in the Soviet village in 1929-1934. It relies on a complex of sources (archival materials, eyewitness accounts, decisions of the Soviet authorities, published literature). The work describes the causes, scale and consequences of transformations in the village, called "collectivization," considers the change in demographic parameters (fertility, mortality, population) and estimates the size of losses from dispossession, deportation and hunger throughout the country and in some of the most affected regions.