People's Commissar of Foreign Trade. "On approval of the regulations on the People's Commissariat of Trade of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"

11.06.2024 | Computers

Foreign trade of the USSR

Rozengolts A.P., People's Commissar of Foreign Trade of the USSR. Under him, according to a report from Izvestia on May 8, 1936, an “advisory committee” was formed, which included 34 Jews as members. The most important of them:

Barite Ya. M., chief accountant of the Commissariat of Foreign Trade

Gendin Ya. M., Head of the Import Department of Vneshtorg

Taits M. I., head of the planning sector of Vneshtorg

Rabinovich F. Ya., head of the export department of Vneshtorg

Ievin M. I., head of the trade mission sector at Vneshtorg.

“In our time, when accusations against us, Russians, are heard from all sides that at all times and under all regimes we have “oppressed and oppressed” the Jews living on Russian soil - this list alone can refute all these accusations, and call those accusing slanderers, having every reason for this. No one can refute or challenge the accuracy of this list.”

It was from these Soviet dignitaries that a certain specific “set” of Gulag prisoners was formed in the late 1930s. “The set of 1937”, very talkative, with access to print and radio, created the “legend of the year 1937”, a legend of two points:

1) if they were imprisoned under Soviet rule, it was only in 1937, and only about 1937 should we speak and be indignant;

2) they were imprisoned in 1937 - only them.

Solomon Schwartz, who, although he served in the Red Army at one time, seemed to have “reforged” again and even left for the USA, readily agrees with this opinion of the “talkative set”: “The Soviet anti-Jewish policy does not have a sufficient rational basis at all, rational, of course, from the point of view of the communist dictatorship. Basically, this policy has to be explained by the inertia of hidden anti-Semitism, the roots of which live in Soviet society, and the inertia of anti-Semitic administrative practice, which became firmly established in everyday life during the Stalinist period of Soviet history.”

“...The hidden, creeping anti-Semitism of the Soviet bureaucracy, as it began to clearly emerge in the second half of the thirties, is, let’s call it conventionally, a new anti-Semitism, which finds its expression in relegating Jews to the background in all areas of life in the Soviet Union.”

Schwartz, it seems, does not even ask himself a basic question: why, in fact, should Jews be in the foreground? And this is exactly what he does: anti-Semitism consists in the fact that Jews are not in the foreground. Everything is said very clearly.

Series: Soviet holidays. Builder's Day

Builder's Day was first celebrated in the USSR on August 12, 1956. And it was like that. On September 6, 1955, the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR “On the establishment of the annual holiday “Builder’s Day” (on the second Sunday of August) was issued. The laconicism of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR is proof that Builder's Day did not appear by chance, and that its appearance seemed to go without saying. Here's how the newspapers commented on it:
“A new manifestation of the party and government’s concern for builders is the Resolution of the CPSU Central Committee and the Council of Ministers of the USSR adopted on August 23, 1955 “On measures for further industrialization, improving the quality and reducing the cost of construction.” This resolution analyzes the state of construction with completeness and clarity and determines further paths for the broad industrialization of the construction industry" ("Construction Newspaper", September 7, 1955).

“We builders have a big day! Newspapers and radio spread the message throughout the country that the party and government had adopted a resolution to radically improve the construction industry. At the same time, a Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was published on the annual holiday - “Builder's Day”.
A feeling of pride in our country, in our profession and warm gratitude to the party and government for caring about us, builders, filled our hearts...”

Builder's Day was celebrated on August 12. On this day, the newspapers wrote: “Builder’s Day, celebrated today for the first time, will henceforth be included in the calendar as a national holiday,” and this was not an exaggeration. Today it’s hard to imagine, but in 1956 the country celebrated the builders’ holiday with considerable enthusiasm, including festivities in cultural and recreation parks. Newspaper reports again allow you to feel the atmosphere of those days:
“Moscow celebrated the holiday of builders with mass celebrations, exhibitions, reports and lectures. The Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure was especially crowded. A meeting of builders of the Leninsky district of the capital took place here, who built the architectural ensemble of the Moscow State University building, blocks of residential buildings in the southwest of the capital, and the stadium named after V.I. Lenin, where the flag of the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR is now raised. The builders of the district made a decision - to commission 210 thousand square meters by December 20. m of living space."
“On Sunday, the Chelyabinsk Park of Culture and Recreation was filled with about forty thousand construction workers. A rally took place here..."

"Baku. A solemn meeting of the Baku City Council of Workers' Deputies was held here together with representatives of party, Soviet and public organizations dedicated to Builder's Day. The meeting was attended by the parliamentary delegation of Uruguay visiting here...”

"Tbilisi. On August 11 and 12, folk festivities dedicated to Builder's Day took place in the capital of Georgia. Thousands of workers visited the Permanent Construction Exhibition that opened in the Ordzhonikidze Central Park of Culture and Leisure. It is developed according to a new thematic plan. The main idea of the exhibition is to show elements of precast reinforced concrete, large-block construction and advanced industrial methods of construction and installation work.”

It is curious that many traditions laid down at the dawn of the celebration of Builder’s Day have survived to this day: awards for the holiday, ceremonial meetings with the participation of representatives of government agencies, and simply feasts, which the press of those years does not mention, but which, without a doubt, , took place. But specialized exhibitions are no longer dedicated to Builder’s Day. And maybe in vain...

Whether he is in a suit, with a new tie,
If he were in the lime, like a snow woman.
Each builder, in a phrase, in a word,
He recognizes the foreman by the interjection!
Here he stands up to his full height,
He makes a toast loudly:
To everyone who levels the wall
Spirit level-trowel,
Who pushes the work
With kind words and swear words,
Who dined in the change house,
I ate sausage with radishes,
Who hung with his feet in the sky
On the mounting belt,
To everyone who works in bad weather
With a crowbar, a drill and a saw,
We wish: build happiness!
And don't stand under the arrow!

A.I. Mikoyan

Mikoyan Anastas Ivanovich (11/13/25/1895, Sanahin village, Tiflis province (later Tumanyansky district, Armenian SSR), in the family of a carpenter - 10/21/1978, Moscow), Soviet statesman and party leader, Hero of Socialist Labor (1943). Member of the CPSU since 1915.

Anastas Ivanovich graduated from the Armenian Theological Seminary in Tbilisi, and studied in the 1st year of the Etchmiadzin Theological Academy. Having joined the RSDLP, he conducted party work in Tbilisi, Etchmiadzin, and collaborated in the Social Democratic press. After the February Revolution of 1917, he was the organizer of the Etchmiadzin Council, then a propagandist in Tbilisi, Baku, and a member of the Tiflis Party Committee. In October 1917, Mikoyan was a delegate to the 1st Congress of Caucasian Bolshevik organizations, then a member of the Presidium of the Baku Bolshevik Committee; edited the newspaper "Social Democrat" (in Armenian), later "Izvestia of the Baku Council". In March 1918, he participated in the suppression of the counter-revolutionary mutiny of the Musavatists and was wounded. In the summer of 1918, during the struggle against the German-Turkish invaders, commissar of the Red Army brigade; participated in the leadership of military operations at the front. After the temporary fall of Soviet power in Baku in July 1918, chairman of the underground city party committee. He made an attempt to free the arrested Baku commissars, but he himself was arrested in Krasnovodsk and only by chance escaped execution with several comrades; was in Krasnovodsk, then in Kizil-Arvat and Ashgabat prisons. In February 1919, at the request of the Baku workers, the British occupiers were forced to release Mikoyan and a group of prisoners and deported them from the Transcaspian region to Baku. From March 1919, Mikoyan was at the head of the Bolshevik underground in Azerbaijan; member of the Caucasian regional committee of the party; Having established contacts with Moscow and Astrakhan, he organized the delivery of petroleum products for the Red Army. In October 1919, on behalf of the Caucasian regional party committee, he crossed the Denikin front and arrived in Moscow, where he met with V.I. Lenin, participated in meetings of the Politburo and Organizing Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (b), at which issues of party building in Baku and Transcaucasia were resolved. On April 28, 1920, an armed uprising began in Baku; With the advanced detachment of armored trains of the 11th Red Army, aimed at supporting the rebels, Mikoyan arrived in Baku, where he remained in leadership work.

Since October 1920, head of the propaganda department, member of the bureau, secretary of the provincial committee in Nizhny Novgorod (then Gorky, the old name has now been returned). In 1922-24, secretary of the South-Eastern Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) in Rostov-on-Don. In 1924-1926, secretary of the North Caucasus Regional Party Committee, member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the North Caucasus Military District. In 1926-30, People's Commissar of Foreign and Domestic Trade of the USSR. In 1930-34, People's Commissar of Supply of the USSR. In 1934 - chief, and since 1938, people's commissar of the food industry of the USSR. In 1937-46, Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, in 1941-46, member of the Bureau of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, at the same time in 1938-46, People's Commissar of Foreign Trade. During the Great Patriotic War in 1941, Chairman of the Red Army Food and Supplies Committee; in 1942-45, a member of the State Defense Committee, exercised control over the organization of all types of supply for troops; at the same time, in 1943-1946, a member of the Committee of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR for the restoration of the economy in areas liberated from fascist occupation. In 1946-55, deputy chairman, in 1955-64, 1st deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. At the same time, in 1946-1949, the Minister of Foreign Trade of the USSR, in 1953-1955, the Minister of Trade of the USSR. In 1964-65, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, since December 1965, member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

Delegate to the 10th-24th Party Congresses; at the 11th Congress (1922) he was elected a candidate member of the Central Committee, and from the 12th Congress (1923) a member of the Party Central Committee. Since 1926, a candidate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU (b), since 1935, a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU (b), in 1952-66, a member of the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee. In 1919, a candidate member, in 1920-27, a member of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of the RSFSR, and since 1922, a member of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 1st-8th convocations. Author of many works on issues of Soviet economics and party history. Awarded 5 Orders of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Red Banner and medals.

Minister of Trade of the USSR 1946-1948 Lyubimov Alexander Vasilievich

After graduating from primary school in 1912, he worked as a mechanic's apprentice at the Bromley factory in Moscow. From 1914 he worked on a refrigeration machine in Prokofiev's trading house in Moscow. In 1918, he volunteered for the Red Army and served as a Red Army soldier. From 1923 to 1925 he was a firefighter of the Moscow fire department. From 1925 he worked at the Svoboda perfume factory in Moscow: as a worker, foreman, and secretary of the party organization. In 1929 he graduated from the evening trade union school. Since March 1931, Chairman of the Oktyabrsky District Trade Union Council of Moscow.

Since August 1932, Deputy Chairman of the Oktyabrsky District Council of Moscow for Labor Supply.
From January 1934, chairman of the Oktyabrsky District Consumer Society, then director of the district food trade.
Since January 1936, Chairman of the Comintern District Executive Committee of Moscow.
Since November 1937, People's Commissar of Internal Trade (since January 1938 - trade) of the RSFSR.
From January 1939 to March 1948, People's Commissar (from March 1946 - Minister) of Trade of the USSR.
Since April 1948, member of the Bureau of Trade under the Council of Ministers of the USSR.
Since February 1949, the head of the Main Directorate of City Cooperative Trade of the Tsentrosoyuz - Deputy Chairman of the Tsentrosoyuz.

Since July 1954, Chairman of the Board of Rospotrebsoyuz.

Since August 1957, a personal pensioner of union significance. And in 1957 he graduated from the correspondence department of the Higher Cooperative School in Moscow.

Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 2nd convocation. Member of the Central Audit Commission of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks in 1939-1952.
Awarded the Order of Lenin. Major General of the Quartermaster Service (1942).
He was buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy cemetery.

Member of the Communist Party since July 1924.

Minister of Trade of the USSR 1948-1953

Zhavoronkov Vasily Gavrilovich(05/10/1906, Kustovskaya village, Ustyansky district - 06/9/1987, Moscow).

V.G. Zhavoronkov was born into a peasant family. In 1929 he graduated from the Vologda Workers' Faculty, and in 1936 from the Moscow Mining Institute. He was retained in graduate school, but in 1937 he was sent to party work. Since June 1938, Zhavoronkov was the second secretary of the organizing bureau of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks in the Tula region, in July 1938 he was elected first secretary of the regional committee, and then the city party committee.

During the Great Patriotic War, he headed the Tula Party organization, was the chairman of the city defense committee, and a member of the military council of the 50th Army. Since 1943, First Secretary of the Kuibyshev Regional Party Committee, since 1946, First Deputy Minister, 1948, Minister of Trade of the USSR, since 1953, Minister of State Control of the USSR, since 1958, Deputy Chairman of the Soviet Control Commission of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, since 1962, Head of the Central Bureau of Complaints and proposals of the workers of the People's Control Committee of the USSR.

Retired since 1973.

Vasily Grigoryevich Zhavoronkov was awarded two Orders of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, the Red Banner, two Orders of the Patriotic War of the first degree, two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, and medals.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated January 18, 1977, for services to the Communist Party and the Soviet state, great personal contribution to the organization of the heroic defense of Tula during the Great Patriotic War, Zhavoronkov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and awarded the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

In Tula named after V.G. The street is named Zhavoronkova.

In March 1953, the Ministry of Trade was merged with the Ministry of Foreign Trade, and Zhavoronkov was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal and Foreign Trade of the USSR. Later in 1953, the Ministry was again divided into two - the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Trade.

Minister of Trade of the USSR 1953-1955 Mikoyan Anastas Ivanovich

Minister of Trade of the USSR 1955-1958 Pavlov Dmitry Vasilievich

Dmitry Vasilievich Pavlov(10/12/1905 -07/17/1991), in 1949-51, Minister of Food Industry of the USSR, from 1952 to 1953, Minister of the Fishing Industry of the USSR, from 1955 to 1958 - Minister of Trade of the USSR.

Minister of Trade of the USSR 1965-1983 Struev Alexander Ivanovich

StruevAlexander Ivanovich(10(23).2.1906, Alchevsk, now Kommunarsk, Voroshilovgrad region -12.12.1991)

Born into a working-class family. Since 1925 at Soviet and party work.

In 1944-47, chairman of the Stalinist (now Donetsk) regional executive committee. From 194 to 1953, 1st Secretary of the Stalinist Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. In 1954-58, 1st Secretary of the Perm Regional Committee of the CPSU. In 1958-62, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR. In 1962-65, Chairman of the State Committee of the USSR Council of Ministers for Trade. Since September 1965, Minister of Trade of the USSR.

Delegate to the 19th-25th Congresses of the CPSU; in 1952-56 a member of the Central Audit Commission of the CPSU, in 1956-61 and from 1966 a member of the CPSU Central Committee, in 1961-66 a candidate member of the CPSU Central Committee. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 2nd-5th and 7th-9th convocations.

Hero of Socialist Labor (1976). Awarded 5 orders of Lenin, 2 other orders, as well as medals. Member of the CPSU since 1927.

Minister of Trade of the USSR 1983-1986 Vashchenko Grigory Ivanovich

Vashchenko Grigory Ivanovich(01/06/1920 - 05/16/1990)

Since 1935, a student at the Kharkov Mechanical Engineering College. Since 1938, a factory laboratory technician and a heat treatment shop technologist. During the Great Patriotic War, he was a senior technologist in the thermal workshop of a plant in Nizhny Tagil.

In 1946, he returned to Kharkov to the transport engineering plant, where he worked as head of the technology bureau, and since 1951 as head of the plant’s thermal workshop. In 1955 he graduated from the All-Union Correspondence Polytechnic Institute. Since 1957, head of the plant's mechanical assembly building.

Since 1958, secretary of the plant's party committee.

In 1959, secretary and then second secretary of the Kharkov regional party committee.

First secretary of the Kharkov regional committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine from 1963 to 1972 (in 1963-64, first secretary of the Kharkov industrial regional committee). Since June 1972, First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR.

Minister of Trade of the USSR in 1983-86. Since December 1986, a personal pensioner of union significance.

Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 7-11 convocations. Member of the Central Committee of the CPSU in 1966-1989. He was awarded three Orders of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, and the Order of the Badge of Honor.

Buried in Moscow. Member of the Communist Party since 1943.

Minister of Trade of the USSR 1986-1991 Tereh Kondrat Zigmundovich

Chairman of Belkoopsoyuz, deputy. Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the BSSR, Minister of Trade of the USSR

Head of the Main Department of Trade of Moscow

The man whom the entire Moscow trade knew and respected was gone. A man whom the authorities tried to make into an odious figure, but failed, has passed away. The trading people did not believe it... The tragic death cut short the life of the former deputy of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, the former Head of the Main Directorate of Public Catering, the former head of the Main Directorate of Trade of the city of Moscow, holder of many orders and medals, participant in the Great Patriotic War NIKOLAI PETROVICH TREGUBOV. He spent more than ten years in prison, but never wrote a petition for pardon. He forbade his family and friends to do this. Through his daughter, the editors of the Moscow Trade newspaper turned to Nikolai Petrovich with a request for permission to write such a petition on behalf of the public. Tregubov thanked us for the initiative, but asked us not to do this. Here are his words, relayed to us by his daughter: “I’d rather die here, but asking for mercy means admitting guilt, I won’t.” But he didn't die there. Having gone through the cruel trials of fate, but not broken morally, Nikolai Petrovich returned home in May last year. I met him by chance at the Department of Consumer Market and Services, where Tregubov came to look for his documents for applying for a pension. The “main bribe-taker of the country” had no other means of livelihood except a pension. Today not a single newspaper reported the death of the former “convict,” but many years ago they wrote about “Tregubism” with some philistine joy. This term belongs to the senior investigator in the Glavtorg case, and now a member of the Constitutional Court of Russia. It was he who came up with the version: sellers deceive customers and “share the profit” with the store director, who, in turn, with the director of the trade, and the latter already reports it to the head of the headquarters. All this, they say, happens not only with the knowledge, but on the orders of Tregubov. Readers believed and hated “Tregubism.” And only those who worked with Nikolai Petrovich for many years, who knew him, were quietly indignant.
Why it is so quiet? Yes, because in the early 90s, trade and catering workers experienced first-hand what 1937 was like. Every day they brought “fresh news”: they arrested such and such a director, arrested the head of the department, etc. I am far from idealizing all trade workers. There were, and still are, swindlers and crooks among them, but they do not determine the face of industry workers. It is not obvious, then the authorities really needed to find a “scapegoat” in order to direct the “people’s anger” in a certain direction, so that people would not think that the government was bad. And they found: “Tregubism.” However, the method is not new, so to speak, historical: now non-religious, now rich, now capitalists, now rootless cosmopolitans and, finally, “traders.” Atta them! And then we will live well. With what joy it was reported how many of those arrested were confiscated. But they were silent only about Tregubov... He didn’t have any “caps”. A decent person, a major trade specialist, a professional in the highest sense, is gone. Today, many will remember how he solved the most complex issues. Today, many will remember how he delved into the needs and concerns of all industry workers. All you had to do was get to Tregubov for an appointment, and by the way, this was not difficult. Today, one of the former employees of Glavtorg, having learned about the death of Nikolai Petrovich, burst into tears and remembered one insignificant episode. When employees gathered at the elevator early in the morning, Nikolai Petrovich always stood in line. Of course, everyone made way and tried to let him go ahead. He always refused with a smile: “You need to not be late for work, but the bosses are not late, but delayed.” Minor episode? Well, don't tell me. Despite all the titles and regalia, he was an extremely modest person. There was... And I was finally able to write what I had been yearning for “freedom” for more than ten years. He objected. And even now, after his release, he said with a sad smile: “When I die, then write.” The editors of Moscow Trade have already published materials about the executed director of Eliseevsky, Yu. K. Sokolov, about the executed director of the Dzerzhinsky fruit and vegetable business, participant in the 1945 Victory Parade, M. A. Ambartsumyan. And now about Nikolai Petrovich Tregubov. Yes, now about the permit. there is no need to ask him for publication, but now everyone who remembers him, who believes that the vast majority of people in trade are honest, should demand a review of his case. Write to us. He died without pleading guilty. ARKADY GAVRILOV.

December 19, 1927 - June 25, 1937 - member of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks.
1928 - during the heyday of the cooperative movement, by order of I. Lyubimov, an international competition was held for the construction of the Centrosoyuz building in Moscow; the majestic building was built in 1929-1931. designed by the famous Le Corbusier. During the famine of 1932, construction of the Central Union building was suspended and completed in 1933-1936. In 1932, the People's Commissariat of Light Industry of the USSR was created, headed by Lyubimov. Therefore, the building of the Central Union was given to the People's Commissariat of Light Industry.

Head of foreign trade

11.1930 - 1931 - Deputy People's Commissar of Foreign and Domestic Trade of the USSR.
11.1930 - 1931 - Trade Representative of the USSR in Germany, head of Trade Missions and foreign trade in Europe.

At this time, I. Lyubimov was in the most important positions in the foreign trade system - during the period of unfolding industrialization in the country, contracts were concluded through him for the supply of equipment and entire factories to the USSR, and grain was exported. Lyubimov had to work during the difficult years of the global crisis: suffice it to say that world prices for wheat, the main export product of the USSR, fell several times during these years.

People's Commissar of Light Industry of the USSR

January 5, 1932 - The People's Commissariat of Light Industry of the USSR was created.
January 5, 1932 - September 7, 1937 - People's Commissar of Light Industry of the USSR.
April 9 - 12, 1932 - in Vichuga, one of the main textile centers of Russia, the largest strike in the Stalinist period occurred, which was accompanied by street clashes and pogroms of government institutions.

In 1937, Yezhov’s “investigation” of the “extremely important Vichuga events” will launch a repressive mechanism in the central apparatus of the People’s Commissariat of Light Industry, into the millstone of which I. Lyubimov will also fall.

February 4, 1934 - speech by People's Commissar I. Lyubimov at the XVII Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).

From Lyubimov’s report:

“During the second five-year plan, the production of light industry should increase, taking into account the amendments that I want to introduce to the congress, by 2.5 times compared to the level of production achieved in 1932. The growth in production, as you can see, is colossal. In the second five-year period, light industry enters a new stage of unprecedentedly high rates of annual growth in production. In terms of the volume of light industry production provided for under the second five-year plan, the Soviet Union is one of the first places in Europe, catching up with America. Taking into account the amendments, we must produce more than 5 billion m of cotton fabrics in 1937 against 2,534 million m in 1932, that is, as a result of the second five-year plan, the output of cotton fabrics will be doubled. In 1937, we should produce 220 million m of woolen fabrics against 91 million m in 1932, which will be an increase of 2.5 times. Linen fabrics should be produced in 560 million m compared to 130 million m in 1932, that is, an increase of more than 4 times. Shoes need to be produced in 1937, 160 million pairs compared to 73 million in 1932, that is, an increase of more than 2 times. The production of glass and porcelain products is increasing by more than 2 times, the production of sewing products is increasing by more than 2 times, the production of knitwear is increasing by more than 4 times, etc.”

“A large program of technical reconstruction is provided for in the second five-year plan in the field of weaving in the cotton industry. From the non-automated weaving looms of the Platt system currently in use, we are moving to arming the cotton industry with automatic weaving machines and to automating existing weaving looms. In the field of weaving automation, our engineers have produced a number of most valuable inventions, giving serious reasons to believe that in the coming years the type of automatic weaving loom in the production system of our Union will be one of the best. All newly built cotton mills are being equipped with automatic looms, and an extensive program of measures is being taken to automate existing looms. The percentage of automatic and automated machines in the cotton industry by the end of the second five-year plan is brought to approximately 50 against 10-12 in 1932. Automation of weaving significantly reduces the need for labor for the developing cotton industry.”

“As an illustration showing the extent to which our requirements for equipment are increasing, I will point out that against 100 million rubles. technological equipment offered by the People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry for light industry in 1934, in 1935 we will need one technological equipment worth over 500 million rubles"

“During the first five-year plan, 1,200 million rubles were invested in light industry. Over 200 new enterprises were put into operation. During the second five-year plan, over 9 billion rubles are invested in light industry. As you can see, the growth in capital investment is exceptionally high.” “The main objects for the construction of light industry during the second five-year period are indicated in the theses of the main speakers presented to the congress, and are given in large expanded form in the report of Comrade Kuibyshev. From the theses and from the report of Comrade Kuibyshev, you saw that the bulk of capital investments in light industry are directed to national and so-called industrially backward areas. During the second five-year period we must carry out a huge program of building new enterprises in raw material and consumption areas.”