Receipts of wool in the USSR in the prewar years and during the Great Patriotic war of 1941–1945

Zhevalov S.

The article analyzes the problem of internal wool supply in the Soviet Union in the prewar period and during the Great Patriotic war. The materials contained in the funds of the Russian state archive of Economics, which are first introduced into scientific circulation, formed the basis of this article. From documentary archival data the total quantity of wool which arrived on all sources of receipts in the USSR in the last pre-war years and during war is defined. The relevance of the article is caused by constantly reviving discussions about the importance of the contribution to the Great Victory of domestic supplies of the Soviet collective and state farm peasantry. The author comes to the conclusion that the collective-state farm management system in the village was able to provide the Red Army with the necessary amount of warm clothes and shoes.

Keywords:Soviet Union; Great Patriotic war of 1941–1945; Soviet collective farm-state farm village; preparations; wool