Women's work in the construction of the “Eastern Ring” road, built on the eve of the Second World War

Abstract

The article considers the social status and daily life of women who worked in the field of road construction in the Semipalatinsk and East Kazakhstan regions on the eve of the Second World War. In the difficult international situation of that period, Semipalatinsk and East Kazakhstan regions were considered important strategic objects in the economic life of the country. The significance of the Eastern Ring Road, called the construction of the century in the field of road construction and the connection of settlements with each other, was directly related to the rapid development of the economy of the region, which consists of two regions. Women also worked on this construction, which was of great importance. The author concludes that the work of women builders was high, judging by the research conducted on the basis of archival data, rare funds, consisting of press materials and published publications of a later time. The research work also noted the fact that the women's community, despite the difficulties caused by daily painstaking work, was not broken psychologically and morally, showed determination and endurance.