Red Storm - Orthodox Graves

[Digits]

A shaduf?   Is that something Russian?   



Edit:  answered my own question, widely used in Ukraine & Belarus .

I can do one of those!

Just need to loose the palm tree!

[Freddy]

Great job on the temple! Also on the houses, let the hair grow

I also need to consider a few more bits of table clutter suitable for eastern front

orthodox cemetery
monument: in a village maybe just a little obelisk with a red star on it

Pig sty.
Dead animals.

Soviet villages had no animals, they were taken from people during the collectivization of the agriculture and they were put into the Kolhoz/Sovhoz. Hungarian soldiers wrote that they were shocked by the eerie silence of Soviet villages, as they were familiar with countryside settlements having all kind of animal sounds.

[Digits]

Is that so?   I was going to do a pig sty!  Just read up on collectivisation…..brutal!

I may still do a pig sty…….maybe they hid the pigs? Lol

[Freddy]

Is that so?   I was going to do a pig sty!

You can, but no pigs or chickens there since a decade.
Collectivization of the agriculture (=taking animals and soil from people) was one of the cornerstones of communism, Poland was the only communist country where they kinda skipped it. It was especially harsh in the late 20s-early 30s Soviet Union: started in 1928 and by the mid30s it was mostly performed. (In Hungary the collectivization came in the early 50s as the communist regime took over, people hid their pigs in the cellar or in the attic and they risked a serious punishment, prison or forced labour camp, if someone ratted them out to the authorities. Then as a result of the 1956 revolution, the system became more tolerant towards having 1-2 pigs at home, but the real de-collectivization came only after communism fell.)
The seized animals and arables were put into big agricultural plants, either a Kolhoz (a forced collective agricultural company) or Sovhoz (same, but state owned). It is also an interesting modeling theme, but far from scatter terrain size Btw German occupiers in the SU during ww2 first wanted to de-collectivize, but later they skipped this plan.

[Digits]

Thanks for that.  So, I need to model a couple of pigs in the attic then…

[OSHIROmodels]

It’s all looking very good 

[cuprum]

Freddy, you are exaggerating. During the period of collectivization in the USSR, certain standards for livestock for the personal farms of collective farmers were established. According to the Collective Farm Charter of 1935, depending on the region, a collective farmer was allowed to have:
- from 0.25 to 0.5 hectares, and in certain regions of the country - up to 1 hectare, of household land for a garden, vegetable garden and other personal needs;
- from one to 2-3 cows, up to 2-3 sows, from 20 to 25 sheep and goats, an unlimited number of poultry, rabbits, up to 20 beehives.
According to data from 1938, nine years after collectivization, the average peasant family had at its personal disposal a cow, as well as a heifer or a bull, 2-3 goats or sheep, plus almost every yard had a piglet. In addition, about 15% of peasant families had never joined collective farms before the war and had the status of "individual farmer".
This farm was taken away or heavily taxed only after Stalin's death, under Khrushchev. Then the peasants even had to cut down their orchards to avoid heavy taxes.

Enemy soldiers were unlikely to hear the sounds made by domestic animals very often. The peasants tried to hide their livestock in the forest or somewhere else, as they had good reason to fear robbery by soldiers of the warring armies. In addition, according to numerous memoirs, German soldiers, upon entering a village, immediately destroyed all the dogs there. I don't know why - apparently they were very irritated by the barking of dogs.
So you can safely decorate your terrain with figures of domestic animals.

[cuprum]

The Russian cemetery looked like this (usually it was somewhere on the outskirts of the village, near a church or chapel):











Communists or military personnel were buried not with a cross, but with similar obelisks. Although during military operations a cross was often placed on the grave, even if the deceased was a communist:






Here's a photo of a Russian village. Take away all the overly modern elements and I think you'll find plenty of ideas for decorating a gaming table:

https://yandex.by/images/search?from=tabbar&img_url=https%3A%2F%2Frodnaya-vyatka.ru%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffilebrowser%2Fuser_147%2Fplace%2F143_018.jpg&lr=202281&p=1&pos=10&rdrnd=1381&rpt=simage&text=фото%20русская%20деревня%201940-х%20панорамное

[Digits]

Thank you, I will take a look fella.

[cuprum]

I think you can also pick up some interesting ideas here:

https://yandex.ru/images/search?from=tabbar&img_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmtdata.ru%2Fu2%2FphotoCD10%2F20643212986-0%2Foriginal.jpg&lr=197&p=1&pos=47&rpt=simage&text=диорама%201%3A35%20в%20деревне%2C%20село%2C%20хата%2C%201941

[Digits]

I like the well in the first link.  Will give that a go I think for starters, cheers.

[has.been]

I think you can also pick up some interesting ideas here:

WOW !!!    'SOME' ? Many thanks for posting, absolute treasure  trove.

people hid their pigs in the cellar or in the attic

Now there is a possible game. Each player takes a section of Russian troops.
The villagers (played by the umpire) hide the pigs.

[Digits]

Yup I like the pig hunt idea!

So looking about I think I will have a go first at this big hairy barn



And the well from above



There is a lot of wattle fencing in the picture and I’ve seen lots on other village pics too so I have a pack of Renedra fencing I can use for that.

The wooden crosses look balsa doable so I may do a small graveyard too.

In a nod to centralised production, I’m tempted to find a sheet metal grain store too.

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[cuprum]

In those days, a warehouse made of iron was an unaffordable luxury in the countryside. Not every family could afford an iron roof in a residential building. Rather, it would be an adobe structure.

By the way, it would have been possible to make collective farm buildings - a large cowshed, for example... Or a machine and tractor station.


https://www.ozon.ru/product/derevyannyy-domik-derevyannye-zagotovki-dlya-tvorchestva-1-87-st05-984017077/?_bctx=CAkQ78b7Cg&asb=ipRWsyBrf1Ti%252FNOhZ%252FAm%252BTgEnDsJGj9YIRdt49J1A0E%253D&asb2=Gevo7XfYMhOVk4VDgBExxIyB0NmzUxA6ip1vY80XATzI46-fXv7lq_T01XnibZkj9MyqLD47EhC8m6vdXIbKsQ&avtc=1&avte=2&avts=1727829639

[Digits]

I still need to add a little livestock….probably chickens and either pig or a dead cow.  Also will probably add a parked cart…

However, useful piece I think.






Edit:

And still wet with paint, one Russian village well.