Rovchak L. Machine and tractor station in Ukraine (50-th years)

The dissertation is devoted to the activity of machine and tractor stations (MTS) in Ukraine of the fiftieth years. Comparing-historical, logical-analytical, describing and other methods of studying were used in the dissertation. Based on wide resources the dissertant lights up such questions as the network of MTS and their controlling, their economical and technical conditions, participating in collective farming production, collective farms economical relationship. Personnel of MTS, work payment organization in MTS, workers way of life are analyzed. The author well-groundly proved that MTS had paid noticeable role in developing of collective farm production as well as promoted to replenishment of state provision fund via immobilization of natural payment from collective farms. The materials of the dissertation are used for teaching the history of Ukraine in the higher educational states.