On the question of the formation and organization of socialist competitions and “shock work” in the collective farms of the south of Russia in the 1930s (part 1)

The article analyzes the practice of the formation and introduction of socialist competitions and shock-work in the labor sphere of the Soviet peasantry in the South of Russia. The aim of the study is to analyze the documentary evidence of socialist competitions and shock-work, which took place in the collective farms of the Don and Kuban in the 1930s, to trace the presence of positive and negative factors that influenced these labor movements. The review of archival documents, publications, monographs and statistical data together allows to identify all the subjects of labor involved in this process, as well as to evaluate more closely the forms of socialist competition, highlighting a clear class line and political dictate. The relevance of the study is caused by the growing attention to the traditional values of Russian society, among which creative labor occupies an important place.