Living Standards and Problems of the Rural Population During the Soviet Period

Abstract

During the Second World War and during the reconstruction of the post-war national economy, spending on the development of the social sphere was significantly limited. Due to the difficulties of the war and the post-war period, the work done to improve the social sphere was pushed into the background. The funds remaining from the production costs were allocated for social programs. During this period, the situation of the rural population of Uzbekistan was extremely difficult, as well as in the whole country. During the war years, the weakening of the material and technical base of agricultural producers, a sharp reduction in the volume of agricultural production, which complicated the farming of the rural population, led to extreme poverty of Uzbek farmers. And besides, social production was a source of income for the rural population. But this production could not satisfy even the minimal needs of the rural population.