Different Approaches to Economic and Social Changes: New Research Issues, Sources and Results

This series was launched in 2021 by the Working Group of Economic and Social History of the Pécs Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences to present research conducted within its framework. The foreign language edition is meant to be a contribution to the internationalization of research made in Hungary. The Working Group has made every effort since the publication of the first two volumes to allow its members, and also their Ph.D. students, to publish their findings more easily and in larger volume, providing at the same time an opportunity for other professionals in the region of South Transdanubia to publish their researches. The majority of the studies in this book, similarly to the first volume of the series, are about the history of the region, but some of the papers go beyond this theme. The diversity of the papers created an inspiring environment for the authors, which in turn has greatly stimulated the already existing professional cooperation among them. Both the editors and the authors find it very important to popularise the economic and social history of the region as broadly as possible, in line with the ambitions of the Pécs Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In addition, this book also promotes the cooperation among generations of researchers; it is not only the young that enjoy the support of their senior colleagues but the ideas and momentum of the younger generation also keep the activity of the Working Group at a high level. It is due to the well-functioning generational discussions, among other things, that several young researchers earned their Ph.D. degree in 2021. The framework of the studies in the broader sense is the economic and social history of Hungary and Europe in the 18th – 20th centuries. The papers in this volume also provide information about the development and current phases of the different pieces of research. Several papers are sequels to publications released in 2021 from a chronological or thematic aspect, however the book contains brand new topics as well. Great significance is attributed to the fact that several renowned international members of the research network of the Working Group were also persuaded to publish. The results of some ongoing Ph.D. research are also presented. The high number of young authors is a proof that the professional interest in economic and social history is not decreasing at all. We do hope that this book will contribute to the maintenance of this trend.

THE MANAGEMENT OF AGITATION AND PROPAGANDA ACTIVITIES IN IZMAIL REGION UkrSSR IN 1944–1945

The work aims to study the formation of a system of ideological influence on the Izmail region’s population in 1944–1945. Based on archival sources and materials of the regional press, the tasks of agitation and propaganda activities, the general forms and methods used by the Communist Party to spread ideology among the population of the annexed region were revealed. The author paid particular attention to determining the role of the regional party leadership in managing and conducting agitation and propaganda. The methodology. The study is based on the principles of historicism, scientificity, objectivity, systematics, specificity, and reliance on historical sources. With the aid of the historical-typological method, it was possible to determine the main tasks, forms, and methods of agitation and propaganda. The historical-comparative method opens the way to reveal the peculiarities of ideological work with various categories of the citizens and to determine the specific features of the Communist Party’s agitation and propaganda activities in the Izmail region. The application of historical-systemic and historical-genetic methods contributed to the consideration of various measures to ideologize the population in co-relation, to identify the causal links between the methods and results of propaganda policy. The scientific novelty. For the first time, a comprehensive analysis of agitation and propaganda activities in the Izmail region after the territory was returned to the USSR has been carried out. The conclusions. The analysis of the party documentation of the Izmail regional committee of the Communist Party gives reason to assume that immediately after the region returned to the USSR, the Soviet leadership launched active information and propaganda activities among the population. During 1944–1945, a network of agitation teams, groups of lecturers and speakers was formed to spread communist ideology among various segments of the population, a system of party propaganda bodies was created, events to celebrate new Soviet holidays were organized, and radio broadcasting and adaptation for the cinema were organized. The media, cultural and educational institutions, Komsomol organizations, and pioneers played a significant role in propaganda activities. Propaganda and agitation departments established at the region, city, and district committees of the Communist Party were constantly monitoring the ideological activity progress.

PARTISANMOVEMENTINTHEKALININREGION IN 1941 - EARLY 1942 (WITHIN THE MODERN BORDERS OF THE TVER REGION)

В статье рассматриваются проблемы создания, деятельности партизанских отрядов, руководства ими в начальный период войны только в границах современного Тверского региона. Исследование опирается на документы Тверского центра документации новейшей истории из фондов Калининского обкома ВКП(б) и Штаба партизанского движения Калининской области. Автор обозначил трудности в изучении темы, в частности, в определении статистики числа партизанских отрядов, численности партизан, результатов их деятельности, выявил периоды в развитии партизанского движения на территории районов, входящих в современный состав области. В статье называются причины незначительных результатов действий калининских партизан в начальный период Великой Отечественной войны и значение партизанской практики в это время для дальнейшего развития партизанского движения. The article examines the problems of the creation, activity of partisan detachments, their leadership in the initial period of the war only within the borders of the modern Tver’ region. The research is based on the documents of the Tver’ Center for Documentation of Modern History from the funds of the Kalinin Regional Committee of the CPSU(b) and the Headquarters of the partisan movement of the Kalinin region. The author outlined the difficulties in studying the topic, in particular, in determining the statistics of the number of partisan detachments, the number of partisans, the results of their activities, identified periods in the development of the partisan movement on the territory of the districts that are part of the modern region. The article describes the reasons for the insignificant results of the actions of the Kalinin partisans in the initial period of the Great Patriotic War and the importance of partisan practice at this time for the further development of the partisan movement.

Examining the Prospects for Developing a National Child Maltreatment Surveillance System in Ireland

The Irish Government pledged to reducing the prevalence of child maltreatment under the WHO Regional Committee for Europe plan on reducing child maltreatment. As a first step towards a rights-based and public health approach to maltreatment prevention, the WHO plan recommends making child maltreatment more visible across the region, with better surveillance through the use of national surveys that use standardized, validated instruments. We review the policy context, present current Irish data holdings, and outline some of the complexities reported in the literature concerning various surveillance methods in the context of the proposal to establish and maintain a surveillance system for CM in Ireland. Conclusions highlight the need for Ireland to adopting an approach to surveillance as soon as it is feasible. The paper outlines how such a programme is necessary to address the current absence of evidence on which prevention policies can be developed and to compliment the current child protection system. Drawing on a review of current methods in use internationally, we outline options for an Irish child maltreatment surveillance programme.

Conquering the Balkans, Act 2

This chapter discusses Marshal Tito's plan to take the whole of the Balkans, which failed before it even started to materialize due to the disintegration of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). It details how the KKE survived the repression carried out by dictator Ioannis Metaxas between 1936 and 1941 and fell apart completely in 1940, when Italy invaded Greece from Albanian soil. It also describes the faction of the Bulgarians that became dominant in the KKE when the German armies entered Greece after having overrun Yugoslavia in their Balkan onslaught. The chapter discusses how the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact secured the position of the Bulgarian communists as collaborationists. It mentions Metodij Šatorov, a man installed into the Communist Party of Yugoslavia leadership for Macedonia by Georgi Dimitrov that detached the Skopje-based Regional Committee from the CPY and attached it to the Bulgarian Communist Party.

Political Trials of the Second Half of the 1930s in the Mirror of the Regional Press

The article reveals the reaction of the regional press, and in particular, on the Mordovian regional Committee of the CPSU(b) of the newspaper “Red Mordovia” in the political trials of 1937 in Moscow, and the establishment of Soviet society a climate of suspicion, “hostile environment”, the search for “enemies of the people”, “wreckers”, “spies”, “Trotskyites”, spies of Western and Japanese intelligence agencies.

Associations between treatment goals, patient characteristics, and outcome measures for patients with musculoskeletal disorders in physiotherapy practice

Background Goal setting is linked to person-centred care and is a core component in physiotherapy, but the associations between goal classes, patient characteristics and outcome measures for musculoskeletal disorders has not been investigated. The study’s purpose was to examine 1) how goals used in clinical practice for patients with musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are distributed in classes based on ICF, 2) if goal classes were associated with patient characteristics and 3) whether goal classes were associated with treatment outcome. Methods Data analysis from a longitudinal observational study (N = 2591). Goals were classified in symptom, function/structure, activity/participation and non-classifiable. Associations between patient characteristics and goal classes were examined using x2 and one-way ANOVA. Association between goal classes and outcomes were examined using multiple logistic and linear regression models. Outcomes are reported at 3 months or end of treatment if prior to 3 months. Results There was a high variability in goals used for patients with MSD. 17% had symptom goals, 32.3% function/structure, 43.4% activity/participation and 7.4% non-classifiable goals. We found significant associations between goal classes and age, gender, severity, region of pain/diagnosis and emotional distress (all p < .001). Activity/participation goals were associated with better outcomes on GPE (OR 1.80, 95% CI 1.23–2.66). Non-classifiable goal was associated with poorer outcomes on pain intensity (B .87, 95% CI .32–1.43). Conclusion There is an association between goal classes and patient characteristics. Including activity/participation in the main goal was associated with better outcomes for GPE and having a non-classifiable goal was associated with poorer outcomes for pain intensity. Trial registration The project is approved by the Regional committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics in Norway (REC no. 2013/2030). https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03626389.

RATIONALIZATION MOVEMENT IN THE OIL INDUSTRY OF THE CHECHEN-INGUSH ASSR DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE NEWSPAPER "GROZNY WORKER")

The article is devoted to the practically unexplored issue of the rationalization movement on the territory of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR during the Great Patriotic War, which explains its relevance. The aim is to determine the degree of impact of the activities of innovators on improving the efficiency of the oil production and refining industry of Chechen-Ingushetia during the study period. The article is written mainly on the materials of the Republican newspaper "Grozny worker" (organ of the Chechen-Ingush regional Committee of the CPSU(b), allowing with a sufficient degree of completeness to recreate the scale of activity of inventors and innovators and to describe the impact on the oil industry of national economy. Separate data are taken from published even in Soviet times of works M. A. Abisalova and S. O. Zoeva. In the work on the article, comparative-historical and problem-chronological methods were used, which made it possible to identify the general and special in the described historical events and to consider the activities of the CHIASSR rationalizers of the period of the Great Patriotic War in chronological order. Based on the materials used, it can be concluded that although not all of the proposed rationalization proposals were implemented, in general, they allowed the state to save significant financial and material resources. Was thereby made a significant contribution to the increase of efficiency of activity of the Republican oil industry complex. The Republican corps of inventors and innovators consisted mainly of engineering and technical workers and highly qualified workers, and the bonuses given to innovators for implemented proposals amounted to a significant increase in the income of about a thousand employees and their families.