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[SOVIET UZBEK WINEGROWING] Pervaia nauchno-tekhnicheskaia konferentsiia “Uzbeksel’proma” po voprosam syr’evoi problemy vinodeliia i vinokureniia (Tezisy i rezoliutsii) [i.e. The First Scientific and Technical Conference of Uzbek Agricultural Industry on Raw Material Issues in Winemaking and Distilling. Abstracts and Resolutions]

Item #2766

Tashkent: Uzbeksel’prom, 1933. 95, [2] pp. 21x14,5 cm. Spine and corners of covers restored, otherwise very good and clean.

First and only edition. One of 600 copies.
The conference proceedings record solutions adopted at the very outset of the second five-year plan.

The Central Asian republics – especially Uzbekistan – played an essential role in the Bolsheviks’ agricultural strategy. As Soviet power took hold and strengthened in these lands, the authorities pushed forward with the collectivization of peasant communities, drew women into public life, and instilled Soviet ideology in the younger generation. At the same time, new agricultural projects were launched – projects that would prove vital to the policy of import substitution. In 1930, the authorities set up Uzbekselprom [the Uzbek Agricultural Industrial Trust] to manage the factories processing raw materials from local collective farms.

Cotton growing formed the backbone of Soviet Uzbekistan’s economy. The region was also important for viticulture – yet, due to a range of difficulties, the 1932 plan was only 26% fulfilled. This shortfall prompted discussions, including the search for new raw materials to support the republic’s wine industry.

The conference brought together factory winemakers, chemical engineers, directors of Uzbek wineries, professors specializing in agriculture and chemistry, and heads of other organizations involved in the wine industry. After the list of participants, the edition published a conference program, texts of reports and resolutions, records of the discussions that followed each presentation, and the Tasting Commission’s minutes. They captured the evaluation of the 69 Uzbek wines sampled during the conference.

Not found in Worldcat.

Price: $750.00