Sources on History of State Policy in 1945-1953 in Relation to North Ossetia Peasantry

Abstract

For the first time an attempt was made to analyze the source base of the study of socio-economic policy of 1945-1953 (the period of so-called “late” Stalinism) in relation to the peasantry of the North Ossetian ASSR. The author identifies the main groups in the complex of archival documents and carries out their source critics. Documentary materials are characterized in terms of representativeness in archival collections. The novelty of the study is seen in the fact that for the first time specific thematic areas are presented for the development of which the information potential of archival sources can be used: the campaign to combat violations of the Charter of the agricultural artel, repression against the peasantry on the basis of The decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 2, 1948, the execution of state grain procurement plans by collective farms. Particular attention is paid to such an important group of archival documents as the resolutions of the Council of Ministers of the North Ossetian ASSR, including those made with the Bureau of the regional Committee of the party. The analysis of these sources allowed the author to come to a conclusion about gross violations of bases of democratic management of collective farms and actual discharge of workers from making administrative decisions. In general, the source critics presented in the article shows that a highly informative complex of documentary materials has been deposited in the archives of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, allowing to explore many aspects of the declared topic.

Keywords

• autonomy
• documents
• sources
• peasantry
• collective farmers
• resolutions
• north ossetian assr
• council of ministers