The role of Kazakhstan women in the years of the Great Patriotic War (based on materials of Central Kazakhstan)

Authors

  • Z.G. Saktaganova
  • G.A. Mukataeva

Keywords:

Great Patriotic War, War, history of Kazakhstan, women, front

Abstract

The years 1941-1945 will live long in the memory of our people. The Great Patriotic War became the most
tragic page in the history of the twentieth century. One of the most terrible in consequences and the most heroic in the feats and sacrifice of the Soviet people page of history. Women, along with men, children and old people, carried all the burdens of the Great War on their shoulders; they wrote many glorious pages in the chronicle of war. Women at the front were involved almost everywhere, they were doctors, drivers, pilots, snipers, signalwomen, scouts, reporters, gunners, tank crews, mechanics, served in the infantry. Women actively participated in the partisan movement. The article is devoted to the study of the role of women based on materialsof Central Kazakhstan, fighting participants during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945. Their multifaceted activities and contributions to the Victory during the Great Patriotic War.The article considers the individual Kazakh women's fates of on the front roads of the war. Karaganda women during the Great Patriotic War showed themselves as spirit-resistant patriots, inspiring soldiers for feats in the name of the Motherland.

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Published

2018-12-30

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Section

HISTORY