In the conditions of Sovietization, the process of reunification of Transcarpathian Ukraine with Soviet Ukraine took place. The age-old desire of Transcarpathian Ukrainians to live in the Ukrainian state coincided with the geopolitical interests of the USSR. On November 26, 1944, at the First Congress of People's Committees of Transcarpathian Ukraine, a decision was made to leave the country from the Czechoslovak Republic and reunite with the Ukrainian SSR. Soon, on June 29, 1945, a corresponding Soviet-Czechoslovak treaty was concluded.
The respondent identifies two stages of the Sovietization of Transcarpathia: a preventive, in the time of the existence of the quasi-state state of Transcarpathian Ukraine (1944-1945), and total, in the conditions of the Transcarpathian region (1946-1950), the administrative-territorial unit of the Ukrainian SSR. Preventive sovietization was carried out according to an individual scenario, and during both stages independent steps of local authorities were completely excluded. On the basis of the theory of transitional periods and systemic social changes, the activity of the People's Council of Transcarpathian Ukraine and the Communist Party of Transcarpathian Ukraine in 1944-1945, the central and regional state and party organs of the USSR and the Ukrainian SSR in 1946-1950 was objectively highlighted.
During the preventive Sovietization in Transcarpathian Ukraine, the nationalization of industry and banks was carried out, the national economy was restored and the course for industrialization was launched. Of particular importance were land and monetary reforms, manipulation of important aspects of national, religious, cultural policies. Through regional and district newspapers, lecturers, campaigners, local people were forced to believe in the benefits of socialism, the power of the USSR, the genius of the Soviet leaders, and so on.
The thesis reveals objective and subjective factors of Sovietization, describes in detail the forms and mechanisms of its realization from the time of creation of the Transcarpathian region and the introduction of Soviet legislation. According to the Soviet model, a system of public administration was introduced; an executive vertical of the rural, district, and oblast levels was formed. A significant number of party, soviet, and economic personnel from other regions of the USSR and the USSR were delegated to the oblast. For the final approval of Soviet power during the years 1946-1947, elections to Union and republican parliaments, local representative bodies were held.
