ASSISTANCE OF PEASANTS IN LITHUANIA AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
ASSISTANCE OF PEASANTS IN LITHUANIA AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: ‘TALKA’ (Voluntary unpaid work performed collectively) is a form of work organization based on mutual help from neighbours and working in return. The area where this form of assistance is spread over is rather large. This form of work is common not only to Lithuanians, (in Lithuanian it is called ‘TALKA’), but also in Russia and Ukraine (where it is called ‘TOLOKA’) in Byelorussia (‘TALAKA’), in Poland (‘TŁOKA’). However, in each nation it has its own peculiarities. The basic purpose of this kind of assistance is to do urgent work of a greater volume, in which case the peasant and his family members are not sufficient or the nature of the work demands a greater number of farm-hands. Therefore ‘talka’ directly relates to the development of peasant farming.

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