CONSUMERS COOPERATIVE SOCIETY IN YAROSLAVL REGION AT THE PERIOD OF WORLD WAR II

Abstract

The article reveals the problems raised towards the consumers cooperative society in the context of the beginning of World War II. The authors show that the cooperative society activity was under control of the Communist Party leadership and authorities. The article refl ects the changes in the fi nancial system of the consumers cooperative society and cooperative work. The authors enlighten particular activity and statistics of the consumers cooperative society of Yaroslavl Region on procuring and commodities production. The article is about diffi culties faced at the increment of cooperative distributing network and public catering as well as the measures taken by the party and cooperative authorities corrective measure towards removal of disadvantages. A special emphasis in the article is made to describe the targeted help of the cooperators to particular fronts and districts. The authors also investigated through Yaroslavl co-operators attitude and practical help to the western regions and Leningrad regarding children’s and adults’ supply with all necessary items and goods. The article describes the process of output expansion by the commodities production such as clothes, shoes, dishes and furniture. For the fi rst time the archival sources have been scientifi cally implemented. The conclusion is drawn regarding successful consumers cooperative society activity to solve tasks for essential commodities supply, making possible the state factories diversify its production for specifi c immediate demands of the front.