Social and medical provision of special settlers in the territory of the Ostyako-Vogulsky national district in the 1930th

Events of regional history often become a subject of study for researchers from different areas that allow you to restore a single picture the history of the country. The issue of medical care organization of spec. migratory population of Ostyako-Vogul national region in the period of industrial development of the country in the 20-30s of the twentieth century has been considered in this article, based on archival documents, including declassified. The expansion of the raw material and energy base through the active development of areas of Ural and Siberia, led to the rapid growth of the population of the region, by forcibly resettled from other regions of the country. Population growth, in turn, complicated the situation with health care, which was already not easy because of the specificity of the region (territorial remoteness and long distances between localities, harsh climate, lack of medical personnel, and so on. Health care for special settlers, especially in the beginning of the 1930s, was hardly established. Existed in the district, few medical aid stations were sent to help the local population, aboriginal people. Medical institutions and personnel were not enough, the most necessary medicines were lack ion sites and so on. The living conditions not meeting the standards, overcrowding, lack of normal living conditions, insufficient supply, paltry rations, hard labor conditions, inadequate and untimely medical care were the main causes of high morbidity and factors in the development of epidemics among special settlers.