From history of the local postal offices of Tsaritsyn province (1917 - the beginning of 1920's)

The author, using previously unpublished archival documents, considers the problem of establishing the Lower Volga Region’s local postal offices (1917 – the beginning of 1920s). The research focuses on the history of acts of “sabotage” by the postal telegraph workers who protested against the Bolshevik rise to power from October 1917 to February 1918, as well as the activities of local postal offices, and their reorganization due to the political and economical situation. Because of the country’s economical underdevelopment, this system of communication was unable to fully satisfy the needs of the state and its citizens.