Russian political activists and government officials often claimed to be working to improve the lives of Russian peasants; in reality, they were manipulating the image of the peasant to further their own political objectives.
Ruski politički aktivisti i vladini zvaničnici često su tvrdili da rade na tome da poboljšaju živote ruskih seljaka, a u stvarnosti, oni su samo manipulisali slikom seljaka da bi nastavili ka svojim političkim ciljevima.