Друга радянізація Станіславської області – підготовка передумов до колективізації та індустріалізації

Abstract

The purpose of research aims to reveal the mechanism of implanting Soviet power (the second Sovietization) in the lands of Western Ukraine, using the example of the Stanislav region and the socialist system. The research methodology is based on the principles of historicism, objectivity, scientificity, and systematic analysis. Generalization, classification, and source document analysis methods are employed. The scientific novelty lies in isolating the mechanism of implanting socialist changes in the economy through the Sovietization of the western region of Ukraine, exemplified by the Stanislav region. The article uncovers the personnel policy implemented by the dispatched party, Komsomol, economic, law enforcement elements under the cover of the army, punitive units of the NKVD and NKDB, and individual supporters from the local population through the councils (village, town, district, city, regional) of labor deputies and their executives. Conclusions. Under the slogans of Sovietization, there was an assault on the national, cultural, economic customs, and traditions of the Ukrainian people. The implantation of the socialist system was closely linked to the issue of selection, training, and distribution of personnel. Stalin's personnel policy led to the influx of poorly educated party officials into the western Ukrainian regions who did not understand the region's specifics and did not speak Ukrainian. The Stalinist regime utilized various mechanisms of influencing people's consciousness – from Sovietization and propaganda to mass terror. However, the majority of the local population remained committed to the Ukrainian national idea and traditional ways of life.