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

Session Submission Type: Panel

Brief Description

In the context of the forced mobility experienced by evacuated and labor mobilized workers during wartime, this panel will examine the Republic's mobilization capabilities and management practices on the Soviet home front.
Drawing from a wide range of archival sources, including "Special Folders," documents, and correspondence from the military department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan (b), this panel will showcase the mobilization capacities of the Republic during the war years. Both quantitative and qualitative aspects will be analyzed. It will be shown that the excessive norms of labor mobilization resulted in military commissions sending individuals who were either too young or too old, pregnant women, and those unfit for labor conscription due to health reasons, among others.
This panel will also shed light on 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.
Special attention will be given to the evacuation of labor resources in the Republic. Due to the hurried nature of the evacuation of most industrial enterprises during the war, the process of placing evacuated workers and setting up production was challenging. There was a severe shortage of material and human resources, and the absence of established management system.

Sub Unit

• History: 1900-1945

Papers

• The Role of the Military Commissariats and the Medical Commissions in Labor Mobilization - Roza Zharkynbayeva, al-Farabi Kazakh National U (Kazakhstan)

• The Mobilization Capacity of the Kazakh SSR in Wartime: Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects - Ardak Abdiraiymova, ALT U (Kazakhstan)

• Administrative Practice in the Soviet Rear: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Mobilization Efforts - Meruyert Doskaliyeva, al-Farabi Kazakh National U (Kazakhstan)