Management of public finances during the Great Patriotic War

Abstract

The specific aspects of the various functions of money in the economy during the Great Patriotic War are presented in the article. The implementing policies of the improving the public spending efficiency are considered. Besides, the role of money in the daily life of the population of the back industrial areas is briefly analyzed on the basis of the data from the historical research. The exact historical examples, characterizing personal financial contribution of the population to the «economic Victory» and a truly heroic attitude of the employees of the financial sector to their responsibilities connected not only with the hardship and privation but with the life and health risks, are given.