Animal Husbandry in Bashkiria during the Rule of N.S. Khrushchev: Number and Composition of Livestock, Produce

The article presents an analysis of the dynamics of livestock and production of the main types of animal produce in the Bashkir ASSR during an extremely interesting and dynamic period in the history of the USSR. The novelty of the study, in the authors’ view, is provided by the fact that the article widely uses materials from the collections of one of the largest federal archives (the Russian State Archive of Economics (RGAE)), most of which have not been piloted so far. It is stated that at the beginning of the period under study, the livestock sector of the Bashkiria’s agriculture was in deep crisis. The authors argue that a number of decrees and resolutions of the union authorities issued in the 1950s had a positive impact on the development of animal husbandry. At the same time, the tendency to limit the private subsidiary farming in which citizens engaged in every possible way began to manifest itself more and more clearly in the agrarian policy of the party and the government. The leading role in the justification and implementation of that policy belonged to the head of state N. Khrushchev. After conducting an appropriate analysis, the authors conclude that in the period under study, Bashkiria’s animal husbandry made a significant step forward in its development despite a number of objective and subjective obstacles.

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