Food Engineering Theory and Practice

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Authors: Sergey N. Korol, Vitaliy N. Korol

The authors made an attempt to characterize daily organization of meals in educational institutions of Labour Reserves system during the economy reconstruction of Ukraine in 1943-1950. Labour Reserves was a Soviet centralized structure performed the task of ensuring the strategic sectors of Soviet economy by young workers. Conditions of food supply of the institution and public catering for students during their studies were analysed. The predominant factor that affected the daily lives of Labour Reserves students was their total dependence from the state. State standards of the food supply and material conditions in Labour Reserves schools perceived as satisfactory under the postwar hunger and needs. However, the disparity between real living conditions and official standards were found out in research. The actual food provision largely didn’t consistent to official standards through problems of centralized procurement, inefficient use of resources, inadequate quality of goods and corruption among the staff. The research is based on materials from the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine, the Central State Archive of Public Associations of Ukraine and some Ukrainian regional archives. Also narrative sources were used by the authors.