Alexander Tsiuryupa
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October 1) 1870, Oleshki (currently Tsiurupynsk
) — May 8, 1928, Mukhalatka village of Oliva urban-type settlement
, Crimea
) was a Soviet state and Party
figure.
On his official duties he faced a tough problem of food supplies of the starving newly created republic. In October 1917 he successfully organized transport of grain, seized from Ukrainian farmers, to Petrograd. He was elected member of the Party Central Committee
at the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th congresses of the Communist Party
.
. That was done by a Decree of VTsIK central executive committee on May 13, 1918. He was also one of the organizators of the so-called foodgroups (prodotryad), the workers groups made for the purpose of stocking up grain and other food rations in an effort to supply the various industrial centers and the Red Army
.
First prodotryads formed of workers, soldiers and seamans of Petrograd and Moscow
committees were sent to the grain-producing areas in November 1917. Since the beginning of 1918 as the food ration starvation strained again prodotyads appeared in most of the industrial centers.
Participation was voluntarily, by the recommendation of the soviets and Party leaders.
Price was fixed. Sometimes the food was requisited
from kulak
s - considered the "saboteur
s".
Acquired food was divided on a 50%/50% basis - half taken by the organisation which sent the prodotryad and half was donated to Narkomprod (People's Commissariat for the Food Supply).
With an emergence of NEP, the new economic policy
, prodotryads were disbanded in 1921.
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October 1) 1870, Oleshki (currently Tsiurupynsk
Tsiurupynsk
Tsiurupynsk is a city in Kherson Oblast of Ukraine that until 1928 was called Oleshky. It is the oldest city of the oblast and one of the oldest in the southern Ukraine. Population of it is 30,123 ....
) — May 8, 1928, Mukhalatka village of Oliva urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement
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, Crimea
Crimea
Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...
) was a Soviet state and Party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the only legal, ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest communist organizations in the world...
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- 1917—1921 — Vice-chief and, later, Chief of food of RSFSR
- 1922—1923 — Vice-chief of Sovnarkom of RSFSR, USSR
- 1923—1925 — Chief of GosplanGosplanGosplan or State Planning Committee was the committee responsible for economic planning in the Soviet Union. The word "Gosplan" is an abbreviation for Gosudarstvenniy Komitet po Planirovaniyu...
of USSR - 1925—1928 — Narkom of external and internal trade of USSR
On his official duties he faced a tough problem of food supplies of the starving newly created republic. In October 1917 he successfully organized transport of grain, seized from Ukrainian farmers, to Petrograd. He was elected member of the Party Central Committee
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , abbreviated in Russian as ЦК, "Tse-ka", earlier was also called as the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party ...
at the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th congresses of the Communist Party
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the only legal, ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest communist organizations in the world...
.
Prodotryads
On May 8, 1918 on the Sovnarkom meeting he suggested to introduce in the country a food ration dictatorshipDictatorship
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. That was done by a Decree of VTsIK central executive committee on May 13, 1918. He was also one of the organizators of the so-called foodgroups (prodotryad), the workers groups made for the purpose of stocking up grain and other food rations in an effort to supply the various industrial centers and the Red Army
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
.
First prodotryads formed of workers, soldiers and seamans of Petrograd and Moscow
Moscow
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committees were sent to the grain-producing areas in November 1917. Since the beginning of 1918 as the food ration starvation strained again prodotyads appeared in most of the industrial centers.
Participation was voluntarily, by the recommendation of the soviets and Party leaders.
Price was fixed. Sometimes the food was requisited
Requisition
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from kulak
Kulak
Kulaks were a category of relatively affluent peasants in the later Russian Empire, Soviet Russia, and early Soviet Union...
s - considered the "saboteur
Saboteur
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s".
Acquired food was divided on a 50%/50% basis - half taken by the organisation which sent the prodotryad and half was donated to Narkomprod (People's Commissariat for the Food Supply).
With an emergence of NEP, the new economic policy
New Economic Policy
The New Economic Policy was an economic policy proposed by Vladimir Lenin, who called it state capitalism. Allowing some private ventures, the NEP allowed small animal businesses or smoke shops, for instance, to reopen for private profit while the state continued to control banks, foreign trade,...
, prodotryads were disbanded in 1921.