Bodies of the forest industry and forestry in 1918-1921 (on the materials of the Penza province)

The author systematizes information from archival and published sources on the formation of organizational structures of the forest industry and forestry on the example of the Penza province. He traces evolution of the formation of provincial forest committees (gubleskoms) and logging committees for railways (zheleskoms) at the regional level, as well as the expansion of the range of fi rewood producers due to the admission of military units and industrial enterprises to logging. The author reveals the role of temporary emergency commissions and the commissioners in destabilizing the production process in 1920-1921.