The paper examines the financial situation of collective farmers of the Ural region on the example of Bashkiria, Sverdlovsk and Orenburg regions in the post-war period. Based on an extensive array of data from budget surveys, an analysis of the level of income, expenses and consumption of this category of the population was carried out. A significant part of the statistical material is published for the first time. For teachers and students of universities of historical specialties and all interested in the history of the Urals.