УДК 94(47).084.9:631.11

EDN GKURMB

 

Original article

 

Development of Diversified Agricultural Production in the Second Half of the 1960s — Mid-1980s (A Case Study of the Collective Farm “Free Labor” of the Krasnoslobodsky District of the Mordovian ASSR)

 

Ivliev S. A., Kaderova T. N.

 

Abstract

Introduction. In the second half of the 1960s — mid-1980s. The authorities paid special attention to large diversified collective and state farms, designed to become the basis of agriculture. In this regard, turning to a specific example — the experience of the collective farm “Free Labor” in the Krasnoslobodsky District of the Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is very relevant, since today they are also relying on a large agricultural producer. The article shows the dynamics of agriculture of the “Brezhnev period” from the inside. Moreover, Mordovia is a typical region where the patterns of development of the center and periphery are organically combined.

Materials and methods. The work used documents from the funds of the Central State Archive of the Republic of Mordovia, as well as materials from periodicals. The article is based on the principles of historicism and objectivity, comparative historical and problem-chronological methods.

Results and discussion. The successful development of the collective farm “Free Labor” was based on the high organization of production and competent economic and personnel policies of the management, on a correctly established intra-collective farm division of labor, a skillful combination of material and moral incentives for the labor activity of collective farmers, their hard work, as well as the development of rural social infrastructure. In addition, the farm fit perfectly into the general system of division of labor that existed at that time at the district and republican levels.

Conclusion. The study revealed that in the second half of the 1960s — mid-1980s the millionaire collective farm “Free Labor” of the Krasnoslobodsky District of the Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was a typical example of a large diversified economy, which had all the achievements and disadvantages characteristic of the entire agricultural sector of the period under study. An analysis of regional material showed that, despite significant achievements in the field of technical modernization of the countryside, an increase in the welfare of collective farmers, the process of intensification of agriculture was complicated by elements of crisis phenomena, the origins of which lay in the extensive path of development.

Keywords: Mordovian ASSR, agriculture, collective farm “Free labor”, crop production, animal husbandry, technical equipment

For citation: Ivliev SA, Kaderova TN. Development of Diversified Agricultural Production in the Second Half of the 1960s — Mid-1980s (A Case Study of the Collective Farm “Free Labor” of the Krasnoslobodsky District of the Mordovian ASSR). Bulletin of the Research Institute of the Humanities by the Government of the Republic of Mordovia. 2024;16(2):109—123. EDN GKURMB

 

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The article was submitted 19.03.2024; approved after review 30.04.2024; accepted for publication 06.05.2024.

 

Information about the authors:

Sergey A. Ivliev, Senior Researcher of the Department of History of the Research Institute of the Humanities by the Government of the Republic of Mordovia (3 L. Tolstogo Str., Saransk 430005, Russia), Candidate of Historical Sciences, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1488-3620, ser.ivliev@yandex.ru

Tatyana N. Kaderova, Senior Researcher of the Department of History of the Research Institute of the Humanities by the Government of the Republic of Mordovia (3 L. Tolstogo Str., Saransk 430005, Russia), Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, cad.tatiana@yandex.ru

 

Contribution of the authors:

Ivliev S. A. — idea, concept development, material collection, material processing and analysis, article writing, scientific editing;

Kaderova T. N. — processing and analysis of the material, article writing, scientific editing.

 

Conflict of interests: the authors declare no conflict of interests.

 

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