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The New Economic Policy failure and transition to accelerated formation of the socialism radically changed not only the Soviet society’s political and economic sphere, but the daily life of people as well. The concentration of financial and other resources to implement forced industrialization, eliminate market mechanisms in the economy, including the population provision, led to a total shortage of everyday goods. Against this background, serious interruptions in supplying the urban population with food, first of all bread, and other goods, took place in Siberian cities, as well as throughout the country. The channels and structure of providing the population changed radically. The private trade which provided between a third and a half of consumer goods in the 1920s was eliminated in the early 1930s. The relationship between the cooperative and state trade changed dramatically in favor of the latter. Introducing the card system, realizing goods through the distributors of enterprises and institutions meant that an average citizen could no longer provide himself. The structure of retail turnover and consumer budgets in Siberian cities indicated that the population acquired mainly foodstuffs, where bakery products occupied the leading place. Thus, during the first five-year plans, the problems of meeting everyday needs became a difficult task for the population. In general, the people life quality and standards were sacrificed for implementing accelerated industrialization.