Iliushchenko Dmitrii

The problems of the public catering system during the Great Patriotic War are considered in the article. With the help of the analysis of the documentary material it is proved that during the wartime the mechanism of the public catering was rebuilt to solve the wartime tasks - provision of the evacuated people, wounded people in hospitals, workforces of the defense enterprises. All these features had to be performed taking into account the introduction of the supplies rationing, their acute shortages, lack of the qualified personnel and equipment. However, alongside with the home-front workers, personnel of the canteens, evacuation centers, kitchens of the hospitals did everything to hasten the victory in the war.