Journals of the Supreme Economic Committee as a source on the activities of Provisional Government of Russia in 1917
The establishment of the Supreme Economic Committee by the Provisional Government was an attempt to reform the existing management which was carried out in accordance with the political programs of the socialist parties who had joined the Provisional Government in the summer of 1917, in particular, with their ideas of democratic socialism in the economy, with the need to conduct military operations. In general, the activities of the Supreme Economic Committee can be viewed as an attempt to stabilize the economic situation in the country, through the regulation of economic processes. However, this stabilization was impossible in the rapid revolutionary conditions in Russia. This article is devoted to the number of aspects of the Supreme Economic Committee, which was established in 1917 by the Provisional Government of Russia. This research is based on “The minutes of the General Economic Committee”. The main attention is paid to the attempts to solve the major economic problems and reorganization of economic management in 1917.