LEGAL STATUS OF MANAGERS OF NATIONAL ECONOMY ENTERPRISES OF THE USSR DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941-1945

Introduction: the article examines the features of rights and freedoms, social guarantees and compensation, restrictions, duties and responsibilities established by Soviet legislation in relation to the heads of enterprises of the national economy of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Materials and Methods: the research materials were the normative legal acts of the Soviet legislation of the war period regulating the legal status of managerial personnel of industrial and agricultural enterprises. The expansion of the duties and responsibilities of managers in wartime conditions is confirmed by the materials of the periodical press and memoir literature. The research is based on a systematic and historical method, formal logic, and an analysis of regulatory legal acts. Results: the article analyzes the evolution of the content of the main elements that make up the legal status of the heads of enterprises of the national economy of the Soviet Union, assesses the proportionality of the tasks and potential capabilities of management personnel. Discussion and Conclusions: the imposition of additional duties and powers on the heads of Soviet enterprises during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 contributed to maintaining the necessary level of productive forces of the Soviet economy, which had a pronounced mobilization character.