The rural women’s segment of the defense epic on the territory of Ukraine in the first period of the GermanSoviet war of 1941 – 1945.
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Purpose. The goal is a generalized analysis of the rural women’s segment of the
defense epic on the territory of Ukraine during the first period of the German-Soviet war 1941-
1945, an assessment of the role of rural women in ensuring the functioning of the agrarian sphere of
the republic’s economy in extremely difficult wartime conditions, showing their labor achievements
in the production of food for the front and the rear, participation in actions to help military units
and the front, evacuation of agricultural resources to the rear regions of the country, conditions of
everyday life of rural women’s society.
The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that the materials presented in it, in the
context of the stated goal, complement the historiography of the national history of the period of the
Second World War in general, and the history of the Ukrainian peasantry in particular.
Conclusions. Rural women played an important role in ensuring the functioning of the agrarian
sphere in the conditions of the defense epic on the territory of the republic in the first period of
the German-Soviet war of 1941-1945. They successfully replaced men mobilized for the army as
mechanics and in management positions in collective farms and state farms, and were the main
workforce during the care and harvesting of the crop in 1941 and the execution of a complex of
autumn and spring field work in 1942, in the process of production of livestock products. Thanks
to their hard daily work, the front and the rear received the necessary food and raw materials. Rural
women were massively involved in the construction of defensive lines, were active participants
in all patriotic actions to help the front. Women played an important role in moving agricultural
resources to the eastern regions of the country. In incredibly difficult material and living conditions,
their everyday social function was extremely important - caring for families, caring for and raising
children, supporting orphans and elderly fellow villagers, the disabled and the families of fallen
front-line soldiers, preserving the age-old traditions of the Ukrainian peasantry.
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