Features of the socio-economic situation and daily life of the peasantry of the North Kazakhstan region in the post-war period

Abstract

In the article, the socio-economic situation and daily life of the peasantry of the North Kazakhstan region in the post-war period were studied. In the post-war period, the pressure of the totalitarian regime continued. Particularly, this affected the rural population, whose life, in addition to the daily exhausting work, was aggravated by strict laws and taxes to restore the destroyed economy. The social composition of the peasantry of the northern region was dominated by the European population, furthermore, the labor of special settlers was actively used. The situation of the rural population in the post-war period was worsened by the consequences of the drought and the subsequent famine in 1946–1947 in the central regions of Russia, which increased pressure on the Kazakh steppe. Consequently, the post-war decade was difficult for agriculture and its workers. The solution of agricultural issues was traditionally carried out within the framework of the command-administrative leadership, without the use of the principles of economic incentives. Due to the expan