The documents of this volume reflect the "dual power" in Bashkiria that developed in 1919-1920, the confrontation between Bashrevkom and Bashobkom, two bodies that fundamentally differ from each other in their views on the national, political and social structure of life of the population in the Bashkir Autonomous Republic. This period was marked by a sharp deterioration in the socio-economic situation of the population of Bashkiria, and mass hunger in a number of areas was aggravated by food distribution, which in no way corresponded to the real situation in grain procurement.