PARTICIPATION OF TRADE UNIONS IN THE IMPLEMENTATIONOF THE FOOD-SUPPLY CAMPAIGN OF 1920-1921(ON THE MATERIALS OF STAVROPOL TERRITORY AND KUBAN)

Abstract

The article analyses the evolution of trade unions in the first years of Soviet power. Using the method of historicism, systems analysis and multi-dimensional approach, the author considers the object and subject of research affected by political changes. The analysis of the early years of Soviet power, when many social structures were transformed under the influence of the centralising policy, reveals the archaic nature of the new state. Its structures employed methods of adapting to schisms known to Russian society, which prevented the resolution of various internal conflicts and contradictions while contributing to the retention of power and control over the society. The example of trade unions participating in the implementation of the food-supply policy (1920-1923) reveals the trend of public organisations being integrated into the centralised vertical power structure to further the ideological objectives of Bolsheviks. The issue of relations between the authorities and public organisations is of continued relevance.