POLITICAL ACTIVITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PEASANTS OF NATIONAL OUTSKIRTS OF THE RSFSR IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 1920S (A CASE OF GLAZOVSKY DISTRICT OF THE VOTSKAYA AUTONOMOUS REGION)

The article is an attempt to identify the general characteristics of the participation of peasants in the political life initiated by the Bolsheviks within the boundaries of rural settlements, volosts of the Glazov district of the Votskaya Autonomous Region. The author of the article reveals the socio-economic context of the functioning of village councils and volost executive committees in the first half of the 1920s. The materials of the study show the ambiguous attitude of the peasants towards the Soviet power. Archival sources testify to the widespread practice of peasants evading the payment of the established food tax. Violations of the tax legislation by the peasants and chairmen of the volost executive committees were perceived by the Soviet power as manifestations of social pathology and were considered by the tribunal. The behavior of the peasants, condemned by the authorities, was dictated by the desire to survive in the famine of 1921. The nomination of peasants who were members of the RCP(b) to the volost executive committees was carried out to improve the effectiveness of public administration. The final generalizations are formulated by the author on the basis of an analysis of historical facts related to the territory of the Glazov district.