It seems obvious that, in such teams, the resolution of social problems related to health, motherhood, childcare, work supply organization, nutrition, literacy, communication education, etc., was of great importance for the normal functioning of the production process. In some of its sub-sectors, the confectionery sector, for example, the staff in the 1930s were often more than 65% women. The food industry was a unique branch because its employees were predominantly female. Studying these problems at the micro-level (the level of separate enterprises) has also proved very useful. These research studies allow us to deepen our understanding of the Soviet economy’s main development vectors in the pre-war period. These problems are now of great interest to researchers studying the development of the USSR’s national economy during the period of industrialization. Sectoral Problemsĭuring the 1930s, the entire food industry experienced a number of difficulties related to the shortages of qualified personnel, raw materials, and packaging, as well as non-rhythmic production, low labor productivity and motivation of workers, lack of sanitation, hygiene, poor planned distribution of goods to workers, bad nutrition, and medical care. These enterprises had enjoyed a long and successful history by the 1930s they were founded and developed in the 19th century and became some of the most powerful enterprises in the USSR during the early stages of the Second Five-Year Plan. Their products were not only very well known nationally but were also exported to a number of other countries. The indisputable flagships of the USSR’s food industry during the Second Five-Year Plan were the largest confectionery factories – the factory “Red October” and the factory “Rot Front”, both located in Moscow. Particularly significant transformations took place in the most advanced enterprises of the Soviet food industry. Pre-existing enterprises were reconstructed, equipment was replaced, and new factories and plants were built.īuildings of the “Red October” factory, contemporary view from the Moskva River The 1930s was a time of rapid change in this branch of industry. The Soviet food industry was one of the largest sectors of the USSR’s national economy during the five-year pre-war period. More specifically, my research focuses on looking at newspapers published by confectionery companies in Soviet-era Moscow to find trends in how they reflected on problems in the implementation of the Second Five-Year Plan for the development of the national economy of the USSR. This article provides an overview of my research on the Soviet food industry.
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