PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE RATIONING SYSTEM IN MOSCOWAT THE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

The rationing system played an important role in Russia’s supply system during the period of siege in the Russian capital, which officially started on 19 October, 1941. The controlled distribution of scarce resources corresponded to the conditions of wartime and guaranteed the civilian population a minimum of food and basic necessities at fixed state prices. At the beginning of the war, the lack of clear prescription of the procedure of registration for ration cards and industrial cards, as well as that for their redemption, resulted in relevant crimes: theft of cards in printing houses and during their transportation, storage, distribution; production of © CC BY Маркова Е. А., 2019.