Young workers during the Great Patriotic War (on the materials of the Republic of Buryatia)

In the article the main problems of social and household nature are considered. The young workers had to face them when they came from the rural districts of the republic and other regions of the country to work at the industrial enterprises in Buryat-Mongolia during the Great Patriotic War. The shortage of housing and poor life conditions in dormitories, problems in provision of clothes and footwear, scarce meals, low wages were the main factors of labor discipline violations, low level of labor efficiency at manufacturing and desertion of young recruits. The main directions in the activities of the Komsomol authorities are analyzed in the sphere of the material and social resettlement of young workers are analyzed as well as various forms of the exact aid. The reality proved that numerous appeals and resolutions of the Komsomol leaders couldn’t solve the problems without the necessary economic support. However the creative force, organizational talent, enthusiasm of the Komsomol common members and secretaries in the solution of the hard problems helped the youth to survive in the severe conditions of the military time.