Historical overview of the beekeeping industry of the Votst autonomous region during the new economic policyperiod (1921–1926)

Abstract

Relevance. The article is devoted to the study of the beekeeping industry of the Votsk Autonomous Region from 1921 to 1926. The subject of research is beekeeping in the Votsk Autonomous Region. The purpose is to consider the features of the development of the beekeeping industry during the formation of the NEP (1921–1926) on the territory of the Votsk Autonomous Region.Methods. The research is based on a retrospective analysis and modernization approach, a retrospective analysis using archival materials stored in the archives of the Udmurt Republic and the Kirov Region, as well as general scientific and historical research methods. The methodological basis of the research was the principles of general historical methods of scientific cognition. The principle of historical connection made it possible to determine the place of the studied phenomena in the historical process.Results. According to the results of the analysis of archival documents, it was revealed that the development of beekeeping during the NEP period went with great difficulties. Among the reasons are the tax on bee products and unfavorable weather conditions. Thus, summarizing the analyzed archival and statistical material, it turned out that during the NEP beekeeping in the Votskaya OA was restored after the Civil War, revolution and famine of 1921–1922. By the beginning of mass collectivization, most peasant farms were small individual-family associations of producers of bee products.