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Paper abstract:

The paper is focused on the analysis of the planning and management system of the production process at the evacuated industrial enterprises of the USSR during the war years 1941-1945.

The work planning system at defense enterprises was, as a rule, extremely uncoordinated. Many industrial enterprises during the war were also evacuated in a hurry, which was compounded by a disorganized management system, as well as by a lack of workplace organization, and noncompliance with safety measures.

While the Soviet defense industry was experiencing dramatic growth, the Labor System remained a restraining factor in the Soviet Union. At the same time, even with increased control over the productivity level and morale of workers at strategically crucial industrial defense enterprises, there emerged new forms of economic and personal interactions among industrial workers under extreme war conditions during the period of increased total control.

In this paper, author attempts to indicate that despite poor working conditions and absolute control by the regime, labor relations and the management system actively transformed, giving birth to hybrid forms of relationships.