SETTING GOALS AND ADDRESSING THE QUESTION OF THE STAFFING OF DISTRICTS AND THEIR SUBORDINATE REGIONAL AUTHORITIES IN 1929 AND THE BEGINNING OF COLLECTIVIZATION (FOR EXAMPLE SUKHINICHI DISTRICT OF WESTERN REGION OF THE RSFSR)

Abstract

Traditionally, historical science studies the administrative-territorial reform carried out by the Soviet leadership in 1929, and the collectivization processes of 1930 in parallel, without focusing on their intersection. The article reveals the connection of these two aspects. The author identifies that the main task, which put the Central leadership to County, the new administrative-territorial unit, in 1929-1930s was the collectivization. To implement this installation center, the County needed a prepared, politically correct staff. To address this issue, the Central leadership began in the 1920s, having launched a large-scale campaign to clean up party cadres. Young employees from the former Kaluga province, whose average age was 35, came to senior positions in Sukhinichi district. The value of these personnel was the ability, and most importantly, the desire to work under the leadership of the party. For successful implementation of the program of the center the management of Sukhinichi district Committee of VKP(b) needed qualified specialists in the areas which are a part of the district. Followed party purge neighborhoods. However, this did not solve the problem. On the contrary, the shortage of personnel capable of collectivizing on the ground has become an issue. The problem the party leadership Sukhinichi County is unable to decide until the summer of 1930. This was probably one of the reasons that gave rise to kinks and curvatures during collectivization.