Bread of South Ural: Grain Production in Chelyabinsk Region in Postwar Years

Abstract

This study examines the restoration and development of grain production in the Chelyabinsk region, data on the sizes of acreage and productivity of grain crops, as well as the structure of agricultural producers, dynamics of gross collecting throughout the studied period. The author applied various methods of processing the series of dynamics to study the gross yield used in agricultural statistics. The study also determines the role of the South Urals in the grain economy of the USSR in the post-war years. Fifteen post-war years are an important stage in the history of the USSR and the Chelyabinsk region. By the end of the Fourth Five-Year Plan, the agriculture of the region was restored at the pre-war level.