PARTICIPATION OF THE POPULATION OF THE BASNKIR ASSR IN THE DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT MODEL CHARTER OF THE COLLEKTIVE FARM IN 1969S

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of discussion by the population of Bashkiria of the draft Model Charter of the collective farm, which took place in April - October 1969, and the introduction of various proposals and comments to it. A brief analysis of the literature indicates that this problem remains poorly understood. At the same time, modern historiography, including local historiography, actively studies various forms of relations between the government and the population. According to the researchers, the "discussion" of various draft laws and decrees, the "introduction" of their own proposals and comments to them were among the forms of "dialogue" of citizens with the authorities at that time. The work uses messages published in the republican newspaper "Soviet Bashkiria"; unpublished letters from readers received by the editorial office of the central publication "Rural Life"; citizens' proposals recorded in the party documents of the Bashkir regional Committee of the CPSU. The use of several types of sources allows you to achieve a certain degree of objectivity, however, they do not represent the full picture. The specific proposals made by citizens allow us to find out the level of socio-political activity, the development of public interests and preferences of the population of the republic during this period. In the discussion of the draft law, the population of Bashkiria was less active compared to neighboring regions. It is concluded that the proposals made were sometimes quite contradictory. On the one hand, some of them concerned the further improvement of social protection, social status, remuneration of collective farmers and pensioners, on the other, they demanded stricter Soviet legislation in the field of personal subsidiary farming, labor discipline. Thus, there were proposals on the need to include all collective farmers in trade union organizations, increase pensions, etc. Citizens were concerned about the lack of collective farm democracy, some advocated greater restriction of personal subsidiary farms. However, in general, the proposals made by the commission were not taken into account. The significance of the amendments to the draft law is that they indicate an increasingly increasing political activity of the population, including rural ones, and their interest in the political and socio-economic events of the era.