Food supply of the population during the Great Patriotic War and in the first post-war years

Abstract

The relevance of the presented research work is food supply during the Great Patriotic War and in the post-war years. It is determined by its importance in the social-economic development of the country. Food supply should be considered as part of the national agrarian and food policy. The purpose of the research is to conduct a systematic analysis of the factors, which affected the supply, and the mechanisms of food supply implementation. The systematic approach principle to considering the issue constitutes the basis of the research methodology. Shortage, deficit, rationing through cards and other forms were the main characteristic of the socio-economic development of the period under review and were the result of a number of circumstances of a natural, objective and subjective nature.

Keywords

• food supply
• population categories
• rationing
• the great patriotic war
• post-war years