Sharpatyy V.G. Formation ant Function of the system of social security in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 1920–30-ies: Historical aspect. Manuscript.
The dissertation for obtaining of academic degree of the doctor of historical science majoring in 07.00.01 – History of Ukraine. – Chernivtsi National University of Yu. Fed’kovych. – Chernivtsi, 2007.
The dissertation work is the first scientific and historical investigation of the peculiarities of formation and functioning of the system of social security in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1919-1939, evolution of public, cooperative and social organizational forms, clarification of their role and place in everyday life of the society of the period of “military communism”, New Economic Policy, socialist reconstruction of economic relations. The activity of People’s Commissariat of Social Security of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and its structural units, of the commission for support to the “victims of counter-revolution”, massacres, captives and refugees was investigated, the normative and legal base of the institute of social security was illustrated, the principles of its reforming in the twentieth – thirties of the 20th century were shown, general and different signs of the systems of social security in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic were discovered, the specific character of functioning of the system of state insurance and public mutual aid was analyzed. Contradictory social relations of the period of Stalin’s modernization of industry and agriculture were marked out; their destructive influence on the activity of central and local social security authorities was proved, especially during the years of starvation (Holodomor). The total quantity of soviet pensioners was revealed, the forms of material provision of the disabled veterans of World War and civil war and provision of social aid to the families of Red Army men were discovered, social and political status of “personal pensioners” was ascertained.
Key words: social security, People’s Commissariat of Social Security, “military communism”, New Economic Policy, socialist reconstruction, social relations, disabled veterans, pensioners, state insurance, trade unions, committees of aid, insurance offices.
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