Abundance of Refi ned Intellectuals: Administrative Authorities in Agriculture of Siberia (June 14th, 1918 – January 5
th, 1920)
V.M. Rynkov
Keywords: аграрный вопрос, органы государственной власти, Гражданская война, Сибирь, agrarian question, governmental authorities, Civil War, Siberia
Abstract
The paper based on the analysis of legislation and archival documents considers the history of formation and interaction between the central and local agriculture administration authorities in Siberia in the summer of 1918 – 1919. Main attention is paid to analysis of the structure and personnel of the Russian Government’s Ministry of Agriculture. The author shows difference in viewpoints of the heads of the Ministry and zemstvo officials who acted at the local level and on whom the implementation of agricultural policy depended to a considerable degree. It is proven that central authorities suffered from the inflated staff while the Ministry could not find adequate solutions to many practical tasks it faced.
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