Региональная история и краеведение

The scientific article, based on archival sources and publications of the local press, examines the activities of the Red Army to combat the famine of 1921–1922. The main directions of activity of military units of the Yaroslavl province are studied. The organizational aspects of the activities of the Commission for Famine Relief under the Yaroslavl Provincial Commissariat for Military Affairs are considered. Conclusions are drawn about the participation of the Red Army in the fight against the consequences of hunger. 

The article covers the history of the organization of salt business at the Chapchachinsky stone deposit of the Astrakhan province in the second half of the XIX century. It is shown that Mount Chapchachi is a unique deposit of rock salt of the Astrakhan province. Since the 60s XIX century enhanced development of the field begins. Initially, the government allowed everyone wishing to extract salt on the mountain in an open way, and later, wanting to establish the correct development in the field using the construction of the mine, handed over the field to the merchant I.

The article for the first time presents the biography of the previously unknown governor of Saratov Yakov Gavrilovich Pisemsky, as well as his father, Gavrila Ivanovich,the founder ofthe city of Tomsk. Yakov Pisemsky began his service as an elected nobleman in Tula, then became a Moscow tenant, for some time he was the steward of Patriarch Filaret, and from March 1628 until the end of his life – a Moscow nobleman. Service as governor in Saratov in 1642–43 was the last step in his life.

The article analyzes the Soviet experience in establishing efficient production and labor activity on the example of the production association “Saratovneftegaz”. Such factors of labor productivity increase as the improvement of the system of management and management of the industry, the choice of methods of labor organization, the assimilation and dissemination of best practices, modernization of production, financial and non-material inc.

The article analyzesthe implementation ofthe practice of housing construction bythe “Gorky”method in Saratov duringthe Khrushchev housing reform. It is concluded that housing construction using this method was a temporary measure to mitigate the housing crisis that existed then in the USSR and in Saratov in particular.

The article examines the state of agriculture and the financial situation of rural residents of the Saratov region during the Great Patriotic War from the point of view of the mobilization model of the Soviet economy. The specific indicators and ways of implementing the state policy in the region to maximize the mobilization of human, logistical, food and financial resources of the village in the interests of the army, the impact of this factor on the livelihoods of the population are analyzed.

The article analyzes the issues of organization of medical care for the population of Tsaritsyn – Stalingrad province in the 1920s. The difficulties of the health authorities in reducing infectious diseases, improving the quality of medical care, as well as the actions and measures taken by them to develop state medicine were noted. The article is based on archival materials introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. 

Using the example of the Saratov governorate, the activity of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspectorate bodies aimed at finding the optimal model of control organization in a Soviet-type society is investigated. Techniques and methods directly or indirectly related to the involvement of workers in this work are analyzed on the material of archival sources. It is shown to what extent this practice corresponded to the course of the party and the government to attract citizens to the governance of the state.

Onthe basis of archivalmaterials,the article examinesthe initial period oftheformation ofthe “secular” coreligionism inthe Nikolaevsk district after its incorporation into the Samara province. The accession of the Old Believers to the ROC was carried out by bureaucratic methods, which subsequently led to the repeated deviation into the split of the majority of newly minted coreligionists.