State security bodies of soviet Russia and ensuring economic security of the country, 1921-1928: mechanism, problems, contradictions (on materials of Kursk and Voronezh provinces)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the formation and development of the state policy of security in the economic sphere after the Bolshevik government came to power. The author analyzes the features of the development of economic security policy in one of the most controversial periods of the development of the Soviet state – the years of implementation of the new economic policy. The years of the implementation of the new economic policy (1921–1928) in Soviet Russia revealed a large number of socio-economic, political, legal and ideological contradictions. The revival of entrepreneurial activity inevitably entailed property and social differentiation. The inevitable bureaucratization of the Soviet system of government created favorable conditions for the theft of state and public property. The author identifies the factors that contributed to the criminalization of economic relations and the widespread corruption in Soviet society. The main activities of state bodies to ensure economic security are considered. The problems and contradictory nature of economic security mechanisms used in the 1920s are revealed.