THE ORGANIZATION OF FOOD SUPPLY DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

Abstract

The article studies the organization of the food supply of the population during the war, the rationing cards supply system and their types, the ration quotas for different categories of the population and their changes, the structure of rationing, the organizational structure of the trade network; the supply system in industry and transport. This article also shows the role of Workers' Supply Department (WSD) and Provisions Supply Office (PSO) in solving the food problem during the years of war. The authors outline the changes in the retail turnover of WSDs and PSOs, the peculiarities of public catering at industrial and transport enterprises, as well as the decentralized sources of food supply, individual and collective gardening.