THE STRUGGLE OF THE SURGUT CITY AUTHORITIES AGAINST DRUNKENNESS AMONG MINORS IN THE 1970S

The article characterizes the general situation with drunkenness in the city, the methods taken to combat drunkenness among minors, the preventive measures taken and the general Soviet policy of solving this issue. Based on the specific material of the history of the city of Surgut, the main methods and forms of anti-alcohol measures are revealed, categories of minors prone to alcohol consumption are analyzed, and an attempt is made to create summary statistics of visitors to the Surgut medical sobering center in the 1970-s. The study attempts to consider the reasons for the ineffective implementation of measures, which led to a further aggravation of the crisis.