social security

This article uses anthropological data (letters from residents of the Lower Volga region) to assess the effectiveness of social security services in the USSR from 1953 to 1985. The analysis of these data reveals that this period was marked by significant progress in providing services to the elderly and other vulnerable populations. However, the study also highlights the limitations of the state’s ability to fully meet the needs and aspirations of its citizens due to the socio-economic development model that had been in place since the 1930s.

On the basis of new archive documents the question of social security of the population in Dagestan in the first time of Soviet government is considered. The social security system in the beginning of its work experienced problems related to the scope of the workers. One of the features of development of social security in 1930s was its excessive state participation or paternalization. The budget of the social security was consolidated into the state budget. Insurance of people engaged in farmer’s sector has a big political importance.