Food contribution of the Ryazan region to the great victory

Zhevalov S.

The article is devoted to the study of the supply of agricultural products for all sources of income of the Ryazan region during the Great Patriotic war. The materials contained in the funds of the Russian state archive of Economics, which are first introduced into scientific circulation, formed the basis of this article. From documentary archival data, the total number of agricultural products of the Ryazan region delivered to the state in 1941–1945 is determined. The relevance of the article is due to the constantly reviving discussions about the importance of the contribution to the Great Victory of domestic agricultural supplies. The author comes to the conclusion that the collective-state farm system of farming in rural areas managed to provide the Red Army and the Soviet people with the necessary amount of bread, potatoes, vegetables, meat, milk, eggs, etc.

Keywords:Soviet Union; Great Patriotic war of 1941–1945; Ryazan region; Soviet collective farm-state farm village; grain procurement; delivery of agricultural products.