Variations on a Shchi Theme: Collective Dining and Politics in the Early USSR

François-Xavier Nerard (1)

1 SIRICE - Sorbonne, Identités, relations internationales et civilisations de l’Europe

Let the worker eat his fill, then the iron industry will fulfill [the plan]. You must feed people better. You will never fulfill the plan with a hungry belly. You need to give more bread and more fat. Then the worker will bear the burden of working. For now, he does not work at the factory, he is just irritable. 1

Keywords: USSR; food; collective catering

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; History

François-Xavier Nerard. Variations on a Shchi Theme: Collective Dining and Politics in the Early USSR. Gastronomica, 2017, 17 (4), pp.36 - 47. ⟨10.1525/gfc.2017.17.4.36⟩. ⟨hal-01895392⟩