Sydorovych O. Consumer cooperation in Ukraine's social-political and socio-economic life (second half of 1940s - 1980s).

The dissertation is devoted to a comprehensive analysis of the Ukrainian SSR consumer cooperation in the second half of the 40s and 80s years of the twentieth century as a complex phenomenon in the socio-economic and social-political life of Ukrainian society. The research is based on scientific principles, according to which the activity of consumer cooperation is considered as a peculiar phenomenon, having made a significant imprint on the socio-economic and social life of the Ukrainian SSR, especially in rural areas. The scientific work determines that the organizational and territorial structure of consumer cooperation was built in the directions set out by the communist-Soviet policy-makers of the state. The achievements and problems of social-economic activity of consumer cooperation in the village were determined. The tense situation with food in cities and industrial centers during the investigated period encouraged the authorities to involve a procurement network of consumer cooperation for its solution and promote creation of a cooperative trade network in and outside the city collective farm markets. Ukoopspilka's production, as one of the aspects of consumer cooperation activity, was based mainly on processing agricultural products, which were directly stored by Ukoopspilka's organizations and development of the baking industry to provide the rural population with bakery products. The analysis of international activity of consumer cooperation made it possible to conclude that this aspect is secondary in the Ukoopspilka's work. Participation of Ukrainian cooperators in the international cooperative movement took place in the directions set out in Moscow. The international trade and economic activity of consumer cooperation of the Ukrainian SSR was based on the export of certain types of harvested agricultural and growing wild products and receiving imported goods instead. In general, export-import operations of consumer cooperation did not take a significant place both in Ukoopspilka's work and in foreign economic activity of the republic as a whole. The practical significance of the scientific research makes it possible to use its main results in the development of lecture courses on economic and social history of Ukraine of this period.