SOVIET STATE POLICY TO ENSURING THE SAFETY OF COAL MINING AND MINE RESCUE IN THE DONBASS IN 1922-1927

The article reveals the problems of creating the Soviet state system for ensuring the safe conduct of underground mining and mine rescue at the coal enterprises of Donbass in 1922-1927. Archival documents from the State Archives of the DNR, industry scientific journals, statistical reports, materials of economic and scientific congresses on this issue were analyzed. The role of Donbass as a center for the practical development of measures to ensure the safety of coal mining and mine rescue in the USSR is shown.