Drawbacks and violations in the system of Bashkiria working supply in the first half of 1930’s

Abstract

In the given article the author considers on the basis of the documents of the National Archive
of the Republic of Bashkortostan the main measures for providing the supply for manual and office
workers in Bashkiria in the early 1930s. The rationing system for bread was introduced in 1929 but
problems in the field of foodstuffs lead to the introduction in January 1931 of the rationing system
for all vital products. According to that system, only those people who worked in state organizations
and their family members were eligible for ration cards. A differential system of separate lists was
created, and the inclusion into this or that list depended on the importance of the given organization
in the industry of Bashkiria. Depending on the provision list, the product rations were varied. However,
the rationing system couldn’t fully make up for the critical situation with the supply and meet
the needs for food, although it saved the workers of the Republic from hunger. The tensions in the
field of food supply forced the Soviet administration to legalize the kolkhoz trade, and the trading
organizations were permitted to make decentralized storings.