Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки (Oct 2024)
Ural Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) and the Creation of Ural Oblast in 1923
Abstract
This article analyses the activities of the Ural Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) in the preparation and implementation of measures for the zoning of the Urals within the framework of the administrative-territorial reform of 1923. The main source base for the research was the archival material from the following funds: the Administrative Commission under the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (GARF), State Planning Committee of the USSR (RGAE), Organising Bureau and Secretariat of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) of the VIII–XIII convocation (RGASPI), Sverdlovsk Regional Committee of the CPSU, Ural Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) (CDOOSO). The article shows the key role of the Ural Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) in coordinating the activities of the regional economic bodies directly involved in the planning of zoning — the Ural Economic Council (Uralekoso), the Ural Industrial Bureau (Uralpromburo), the Ural Planning Commission (Uralplan), as well as the Party and Soviet authorities involved in the direct implementation of zoning measures. During the work on zoning, the Ural Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) carried out a number of preparatory measures and resolved both fundamental and auxiliary technical issues. With the direct participation of the Ural Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP(b), the most important documents (resolutions, proposals, instructions, orders) devoted to zoning in the Urals were approved. The article proves that the Ural Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) directly controlled the process and content of zoning. The key issues during the formation of Ural Oblast were the creation and staffing of authorities and management at various levels, as well as the issue of the external borders of Ural Oblast. The regional party body was involved in reorganising the party, Soviet, and economic bodies of the oblast at various levels. To solve the territorial problem, the Ural Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP(b) had to appeal to the central authorities and negotiate with neighbouring regions on territorial disputes. The author concludes that the Ural Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP(b), using all the accumulated experience of managing political, economic and social processes in large territories, managed to implement the administrative and territorial reform in the Urals relatively painlessly and successfully.
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