Understanding the Past through Examination of Heroic Labour Propaganda among Women of the Kazakh SSR

• In Event: Public Attitudes and Propaganda of Heroic Labor in Ego and Official Sources: A Case Study of Kazakh SSR during WWII

Abstract

This report aims to examine the forms and characteristics of agitation and propaganda efforts targeting women in the republic, who became the primary labor force in many sectors of the economy. Special attention is given to the large-scale integration of women into production, highlighting the unique aspects of the state's mobilization policy, which sought to maximize labor participation.

Author

• Ardak Abdiraiymova, ALT U (Kazakhstan)