UNIONS OF CONSUMERS’ COOPERATIVES IN THE CITIES OF SIBERIA: PROBLEMS AND CONTRADICTIONS OF INSTITUTION-BUILDING (1913-1920)
G.M. Zaporozhchenko
Keywords: Siberia, consumers’ co-operation, cooperative union
Abstract
The article explores the history of unions of consumers’ cooperatives formation in Siberia in 1911-1920. The study focuses on the activities of district and regional consumers’ cooperative societies aimed at creation of the All-Siberian Union of urban and worker co-operation. The author concludes that the process of centralization of the cooperative movement deformed free and active institution-building of the consumer’s co-operation.
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