Pensions system for manual and office workers in the mid 1940s - mid 1960s (data from Karelia)
The article explores the main principles and trends in the post-WWII development of the national pension system. The focus is on changes in social security for manual and office workers after adoption of the USSR “Public pension” Act on 14th July 1956, which paved the way for establishment of a comprehensive pension system. It is argued that lowering of the retirement age and governmentguaranteed pension payments were important achievements of the Soviet system. That said, exclusion of farm workers from the government social security until the mid- 1960s proves that social inequality persisted in the society.