Women of the Great Patriotic War. Petrova N.K.

They wrote, write and write about the Great Patriotic War for many years. The theme “Women during the Great Patriotic War” was and remains in the field of view of historians, political scientists, writers and journalists. The USSR was the only country during the Second World War, where women were directly involved in hostilities. Over 90 people became heroes of the Soviet Union, half of them received this title posthumously.

Four female warriors have become full gentlemen of the Order of Glory. At the fronts, at different periods of the war, from 600 thousand to 1 million women fought. 80 thousand of them were Soviet officers. Women were recorded in the People’s militia or partisan detachments. There is no exact figure of women participating in the fight against the enemy.

about who was subject to mobilization to the Red Army, how it passed, in what kind of troops women were sent for the first time, the documents included in the collection.