Basic directions of activity of the Belarussian SSR control bodies in 1944-1965 (by example of transport enterprises)

The Soviet state while it existedcould create various monitoring systems; rely in their work on the public to raise the overall performance of the enterprises. The purposeof our research became definition of the basic directions of activity of Belarussian control bodies concerning transport enterprises in1944 - 1965. The tasks were display of changes in the structure of control bodies, influence of their checks on functioning of transportdivisions, allocation of basic methods of work of the controllers, their interaction with party organizations and public. In the investigatedperiod the control bodies of the republic were an integral part of the republican control system and together with it underwent numerouschanges in the structure. The National Commissariat of State Control of the Belarussian SSR renewed the work from the moment ofclearing the first regional centre of the republic, Gomel, in November 1943. Then, this Commissariat, reflecting changes in the USSRmanagement, was transformed into the Ministry of the Belarussian SSR State Control in March 1946, worked in such a condition tillFebruary 1958. However, a new stage of transformations came, ministries were liquidated almost everywhere, and since February 1958till August 1961 the organization, interesting for us, worked as the Commission of the Soviet Control of the Belarussian SSR Council ofMinisters. From August 1961 till December 1962, it existed as the Commission of the State Control of the Belarussian SSR Council ofMinisters. In the period from December 1962 till December 1965 the basic supervising body of the republic received the name of theCommittee of the Party and State Control of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus and the Belarussian SSR Councilof Ministers. The basic directions of activity of the supervising bodies in the investigated period were their purposeful intervention ineconomic questions with the purposes of increase of production efficiency. Control was also carried out with the purposes of strengtheninglabour and industrial discipline, perfection of structure and control systems, and destruction of conditions of the staff, resulting inpersonnel turnover. The control bodies of the Belarussian SSR stimulated the enterprises to maximum complete use of human, financialand material resources, strengthened struggle for industrial and financial discipline, safety of transportation, watched the performance ofstate plans and defined the reasons of lacks. One of the features of their working process was not only search of infringements in thesphere of transport, but also revealing of unused industrial reserves with the purpose of increasing its general efficiency. The controllersin the investigated period frequently returned to the same question, which, on the one hand, spoke about the scale of problems, existingin transport, and, on the other, about insufficient effectiveness of undertaken efforts, about impossibility to correct the situation only byadministrative measures. The control of activity of transport was assigned not only to the specialized divisions, but also to public organizations.

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