The Role of the Military Commissariats and the Medical Commissions in Labor Mobilization

• In Event: Evacuees and Mobilized Labor under Conditions of Total Labor Mobilization: A Case Study of Kazakh SSR during the Second World War

Abstract

This paper will explore the challenges faced by military commissions and medical commissions, which played a crucial role in the mobilization economy. The military commissions were responsible for mobilizing the required number of workers for the industry, construction, and transport sectors. However, the activities of the military committees faced significant criticism from the population, party and economic bodies, as well as the Special Departments of the NKVD. In addition to difficulties in fulfilling orders for population mobilization to the industry, there were cases of overfulfillment, where district military commissions conscripted an excessive number of people, causing significant damage to agriculture.

Author

• Roza Zharkynbayeva, al-Farabi Kazakh National U (Kazakhstan)