Women of Kazakhstan during the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet historiography (1941–1964)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the Soviet historiography (1941–1964), problems of the participation of women of Kazakhstan in the Great Patriotic War. New approaches to the study of the period of 1941–1945, as well as the role of women of Kazakhstan in the war require a clear understanding of the achievements and gaps of the Soviet historiography. Three stages of the problem under study in the Soviet historical science are considered: I — the war itself, II — the first post-war decade; III — after the XX Congress of the Communist Party, from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. Such periodization is explained by concrete historical, political and ideological conditions characteristic of each period. The authors highlight the process of incrementing scientific knowledge on women's issues at every historiographic stage. The main characteristics and features of the Soviet historiography are noted; the methodological foundations, achievements and limits of the research are shown. The authors come to the conclusion that during the period under study, a special study on the women of the republic at the front and in the rear during the war did not appear. In this regard, it became necessary to conduct such studies on the basis of new methodological approaches and rethink accumulated knowledge.