Sergey Valerievich Sharapov,
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Animal Husbandry of Novosibirsk Region in the Context of State Agrarian Policy on the Eve and During the Great Patriotic War
DOI: 10.31518/2618-9100-2022-4-12
Author analyzes one of the aspects of agrarian crisis of 1940s on example of Novosibirsk region. Pre-war 1940 became the starting point for critical deterioration in indicators of animal husbandry. Beginning of the Great Patriotic War was not so much a direct cause as a factor that deepened the crisis tendencies. Throughout the 1930s agrarian policy of the state led to depletion of regional livestock production potential. Its main negative elements were: over-centralization of management, poor quality of managerial decision-making, a clear bias towards forcing grain production to the detriment of livestock industry, blindness to regional and district agricultural specifics, lack of economic incentives for development of public animal husbandry “from below”, an unbalanced procurement system, which functioned in isolation from production indicators. Wartime conditions (lack of workers, fodder, prepared premises for livestock, etc.) exacerbated the crisis. However, the presence of systemic problems made a quick exit from the crisis after the end of the war problematic.
Publishing: 28/08/2022
The article has been received by the editor on 21/04/2022
How to cite: Sharapov S.V. Animal Husbandry of Novosibirsk Region in the Context of State Agrarian Policy on the Eve and During the Great Patriotic War // Historical Courier, 2022, No. 4 (24), pp. 135–147. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2022/ISTKURIER-2022-4-12.pdf]
The research was carried out with the financial support of the RFBR in the framework of the scientific project No. 21‑09-43020 “Agrarian policy in the USSR and regional features of its implementation (1922–1991)”.
Links: Issue 4 2022
Keywords: the Great Patriotic War; agrarian policy of the state; animal husbandry; agrarian crisis; peasantry; Siberia