ABSTRACT
The social and economic realities of the Kirov region in the 1930s shaped how people thought about the issues raised by the draft Constitution and the types of suggestions that they formulated. Many traditional aspects of rural life as well as the traditions of independence and local self-governance that made the Viatka region unique endured even as the social and economic upheavals of the 1930s drastically changed people's way of life. The climate of the Viatka/Kirov region had an important influence on its industrial and political development. The city of Kirov saw the largest population growth, adding 23,500 people to its population between 1926 and 1933. The growth of industry in the Kirov region during the First Five-Year Plan caused a rapid influx of new workers from the surrounding countryside. In the Kirov region, Regional Honor Rolls recognized and tried to promote collective farm excellence.
