Kalmyk Oblast Party Committee: Activities of the Women’s Affairs Department (1921–1928)
https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2019-4-710-728
Abstract
Despite there are quite a number of works dealing with the history of Kalmykia’s Communist party organizations, the former provide virtually no description of the latter’s structure, and, specifically, nothing has been published to characterize activities of the Women’s Affairs Department within Kalmyk Oblast Party Committee. So, the paper represents a first consideration of the issue. Goals. The study seeks to analyze Kalmyk Oblast Party Committee’s work among women in 1921–1928. Materials. The paper primarily examines materials housed by the National Archive of Kalmykia and containing valuable insights into activities of Kalmyk Oblast’s departments, including that of women’s affairs. Conclusions. The work concludes that Kalmykia’s party organizations would undertake conscious efforts for political indoctrination of women and their active involvement into industrial and agricultural development of the country, party, Komsomol, Soviet and trade union movements. The involvement of women into industrial production by regional party organizations also served to completely transform rural women’s life and attitudes.
Supporting agencies: The reported study was funded by government subsidy — project name ‘Socio-Political and Cultural Development of South Russia’s Peoples: a Comprehensive Research of Respective Processes’ (state reg. no. АААА-А19-119011490038-5).
About the Author
Evgeniya V. Sartikova
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS
Russian Federation
Dr. Sc. (History), Leading Research Associate
Russian Federation
Dr. Sc. (History), Leading Research Associate
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Sartikova E.V. Kalmyk Oblast Party Committee: Activities of the Women’s Affairs Department (1921–1928). Mongolian Studies. 2019;11(4):710-728. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2019-4-710-728
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