CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM OF MILITARY ACCOUNTING AND MOBILIZATION ACTIVITIES IN WESTERN SIBERIA DURING THE CIVIL WAR (1917-1920)
Based on the analysis of archival materials, the article examines the process of transformation and the dynamics of changes in the structure of military administration in Western Siberia during the Civil war (1917-1920), with special attention paid to the events that took place in the territory of the Altai province. The processes of reorganization of the military administration system inherited by the Soviet government, the author emphasizes, were hampered both by territorial factors and by resistance from the local power elites and the population. It should be taken into account that Siberia was a place of active military operations. The difficulties that the Soviet government had to face in the process of organizing the system of military administration in Western Siberia were both in the domestic and social spheres. Accounting and organization of food and clothing supplies, active struggle against desertion and disciplinary violations were complicated by acute civil confrontation. The question of creating an effectively functioning system of military administration, according to the author of the article, remained one of the most acute and problematic issues for the Soviet government. Numerous decisions aimed at improving the system of military command and control did not lead to the desired result. Finding the optimal version of the military management system was not possible due to both the Civil War and the inability of the Soviet state to fulfill its social obligations to the Red Army soldiers and their families.