Periodization of transformation processes in domestic agriculture: the case of Buryatia

Agricultural production and the agrarian sector of the national economy in the 20th century underwent a stage of competitive enhancement. At the initial stage, it was important to determine the specialization of the huge numerous territorial regions of the Soviet state, and to begin the processes of unification and widespread cooperative movement. These processes were especially complex in Buryatia with the nomadic and semi-nomadic population. At the next stage, it was possible to organize the registration of land allotments and create conditions for the work of collective farmers and machine operators. In wartime, the domestic agricultural sector was faced with the task of providing food to the front and rear, later the sector should made up for lost ground both by means of electrification and extensive land use. In the last decades the efforts of the Soviet state were aimed at improving other factors of production - labour and capital.