The role of the Kursk city executive committee in the restructuring of housing construction in the late 1950-s and early 1960-s

Relevance. The implementation of the plan for mass housing construction, caused by an acute shortage of housing in the country, began after the publication of the Resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated July 31, 1957 "On the development of housing construction in the USSR." The resolution provided for the transition to massive large-scale construction of residential buildings. And the responsibilities of the customer were assigned to the Kursk City Executive Committee. The analysis of his activities to identify and eliminate deficiencies in the field of housing construction is indicative and relevant in modern conditions.

Purpose. To analyze the role of the Kursk City Executive Committee in rebuilding the foundations of housing construction in Kursk in the late 1950-s and early 1960-s.

Objectives: to investigate organizational and technical measures to monitor the progress of housing construction in Kursk, identify and eliminate deficiencies in the work of construction organizations.

Methodology. The author's methodology is based on the principle of historicism, general logical and general scientific methods of cognition.

Results. The main role in the implementation of the mass housing construction program was played by the Kursk City Executive Committee, which became the main customer for the construction of housing for the Kuryans. The resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated July 31 became a turning point in the practice of housing construction in the country, focusing on the construction of large-panel houses. To implement the resolution, the Kursk City Executive Committee had to rebuild the housing construction system in the city. The restructuring of the housing construction policy was associated with the optimization of the management and control structure, the identification and elimination of shortcomings in the work of construction organizations, and the transition to new working methods.

Conclusion. The analysis of the role of the Kursk City Executive Committee in the restructuring of housing construction showed that in the first years after the adoption of the resolution of the party and the government, it was necessary to optimize the structure of government bodies and identify existing shortcomings in order to bring the city's housing construction in line with the requirements of the new housing policy.

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