Keyword: «rationing system»

The article analyzes the state of collective farms trade in Bashkiria during the Great Patriotic War. The outbreak of war meant a radical restructuring of the work for state and cooperative trade, which was due to a complex of reasons. On the one hand, there was a sharp reduction in the centralized funds of industrial and food products that were allocated to the republic. On the other hand, open forms of trade were replaced by a standardized supply system, and there was a rapid increase in commercial prices in retail outlets that continued to operate. In such conditions, the importance of agricultural products supplies from collective farms to the city markets of Bashkiria increased. The archival documents involved in the study allowed the author to conclude that the collective farm trade was unsatisfactory. Significant violations of the Soviet trade principles, the facts of outbidding, profiteering, cheat in weighing were revealed. At the same time, we must admit that a number of violations were caused by the poor organization of collective farm trade. Due to the lack of funds for improvement, the markets were not supplied with trading equipment, and the counters and pavilions required repairs. In addition, the conditions for effective countertrade, which was supposed to stimulate the supply of agricultural products to the cities of the republic, were not created.