Журнал «История: факты и символы»

MATERIAL PROVISION IN THE VILLAGE IN KRASNODAR KRAY IN 1965-1980

Author: Chernikov S.N.

The development of agriculture is given priority in Russia today. This fact is explained by necessity of ensuring food security. Considerable experience in agriculture has gained for the preceding period of time. Among the lines of social development of rural areas special focus was on change in villagers’ nature of work and welfare gain, strengthening infrastructure development, improvement of culture and etc.Paying attention to the development of rural areas, state and farm investments, labor of villagers couldn’t help improving their living conditions. Firstly it should be noted that living conditions improved both due to house building by kolkhozes (collective farms), sovkhozes (state farms) and other organizations and due to private house building. The article deals with material incentives in agriculture in Kuban, the process of transition to monetary guaranteed payment in 1965-1980. The author highlights new forms of labor organization which influenced on strengthening economy of kolkhozes, change in material interest of kolkhozniks and sovkhozniks, and problems of growth in prosperity of rural population of Krasnodar region.Different forms of labor organization in national agribusiness have been covered in some papers however payment of kolkhozniks and sovkhozniks, benefits and incentives in agriculture, as well as social conditions for kolkhozniks and their families are scarcely studied. So the purpose of this article is to study them.