The formation of the warehouse supply of the NKVD police in Belarus at the beginning of 1920
The introduction indicates the object of study - the activities of the workers and peasants’ police of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) in the period 1920-1923. The basic concepts are defined: the state’s defense capability, police supply and clothing supply, police uniforms, the Central Commission for the Supply of Police of the SSRB. The aim of the work is to study the dynamics of the formation of the convoy and clothing supply of the NKVD police in Belarus in the period 1920-1923. In the main part, qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the convoy and clothing supply of the NKVD police were obtained, which were based on the supply standards of the Red Army. In the studied period, the uniform of the employees of law enforcement bodies differed from the army only in insignia. The difference was in sleeve patches, head cockades, as well as buttonholes-squares of the overcoat collars. The activities of the Central Commission for the Supply of Police of the SSRB with clothing property are considered. The order of collection from the population for the distribution of things and shoes, both new and worn, is analyzed. The “excesses” of the work of the committees are shown: requisites for the collection of warm clothes were imposed on all sections of the population, without exception. The leadership of Belarus influenced the work of the commissions: labor members of trade unions, as well as peasants and villagers in general, who were affected by the food distribution, were not subject to taxation. Collected things were distributed among police units. Various aspects of the clothing support of the NKVD police are described, which are expressed in its constant shortage. On the basis of archival materials, the level of security of the police structural units with uniforms, linen, bedding, equipment and convoy equipment is shown. It is shown the sources of funding for the supply of clothing. In conclusion, the main directions are formulated for the establishment of a collateral and clothing supply for the NKVD police on the territory of Belarus in 1920-1923. The results can be applied in forecasting and developing issues of clothing support for units and divisions of the Ministry of the Interior, restoring the history of material support for the troops of the NKVD of the USSR.