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Soviet women played an important role in World War II (whose Eastern Front was known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union). While most worked in industry, transport, agriculture and other civilian roles, working double shifts to free up enlisted men to fight and increase military production, a sizable number of women served in the army.
World War II recalibrated the way that Russian women looked and dressed. Many wore military uniform or worked in factories in the rear. Victory on May 9, 1945, provided a long-awaited reason to...
A female look at war: 10 photos taken by Soviet women during WWII. The daily lives of soldiers, captured Nazi prisoners and the liberation of concentration camps, as seen by women at war....
Mariya Filippovna Limanskaya (‹See Tfd› Russian: Мария Филипповна Лиманская; born 12 April 1924) is a former military traffic guard - a female member of Red Army traffic control units, serving for three years during World War II.
Soviet Women in Combat explores the unprecedented historical pheno-menon of Soviet young women’s en masse volunteering for World War II combat in 1941 and writes it into the twentieth-century history of women, war, and violence.
10 paź 2021 · Soviet women digging a tank trap near Moscow, photo by Dmitri Baltermants, 1941, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Michigan When Germany attacked the Soviet Union, the women were the ones who bared the primary responsibility to help when help was most needed.
5 kwi 2022 · In general terms, Soviet female soldiers during WWII met great resistance due to their gender. Men’s first reaction was quite hostile, however, when they showed their capabilities in combat, their acceptance increased.
