Abstract
In the post-war years, the USSR leadership actively resorted to administrative methods to solve agricultural problems. The mailing of directives and commissioners was the most widely practiced, while comprehensive inspections of the party's regional committees were conducted selectively. Such audits were carried out en masse only in 1951, when the center tried to improve the situation in the agriculture and mitigate the effects of the drought. With its help, the leadership of both the most problematic and drought-free agricultural regions was quickly mobilized. Administrative pressure made it possible to achieve grain procurement, but could not ensure the successful development of agriculture. This required significant resources, careful organizational work and adjustment of agricultural policy.