Women of the South Kazakhstan region during the Great Patriotic war: the story of everyday life at the front

Abstract

In the historiography of the great Patriotic war, the focus of scientific attention was on such aspects as the history of major battles, political events, military strategies of the paramilitary parties, the evacuation of industrial enterprises in the occupied territories and the adaptation of the economy of the republics to the conditions of war, the feat of soldiers at the front. However, the problem of women's participation in the great Patriotic war was outside the field of scientific research. Since Kazakhstan gained independence, works dedicated to the heroic deeds of women at the front, and selfless work of women in the rear have appeared in historiography. The article is devoted to the heroism and women's everyday life of women who went to the front from the South Kazakhstan region during the great Patriotic war. Archival documents and memoirs of women veterans reveal tragic pages in the history of everyday life of the war.