The article deals with the social issues that had to be solved by the Soviet government after the Civil war, including the financial situation of the population of Dagestan in these years. The financial situation is a set of conditions that constitute different sides of the material existence. It is food and the way to get it, salary and prices in the dynamic development, health and its safety, the nature of social security and everyday life.

The article deals with the historical experience of propaganda of the basic forms of agrotechnical educational of rural workers developed in the 1950-1960s. It is proved that agropropaganda was an essential addition and continued the system of staff training in the sphere of mass professions and specialists in agriculture. It is noted that it favoured further development of their knowledge, improved the qualification and cultural and technical level.