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ISSN 2409-630X (Print), ISSN 2618-916X (Online)

DOI: 10.15507/2409-630X.063.019.202304.338-346

Asset K. Akkuzinov

Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russia),

e-mail: altinay_akku@mail.ru

 

Enterprises of Defense, Republican, Local and Cooperative Industry, Transport and Communication of the Kazakh SSR during the Great Patriotic War

 

Abstract

Introduction. The purpose of the article is to analyze the activities of defense, republican, local and cooperative industry, transport and communications of the Kazakh SSR during the Great Patriotic War, aimed at the production of military products, weapons, various types of ammunition for the Red Army and Navy. The relevance of the study was determined by the need to identify the performance of the enterprises of the studied areas of industry in Kazakhstan during the Great Patriotic War, which contributed to the build-up of the combat potential of the Red Army and its comprehensive support.

Materials and Methods. The source base of the work was made up by the works of Soviet, Kazakh and Russian authors, data of the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, dedicated to the period of the Great Patriotic War. The author used the method of source study to solve the scientific problem.

Results. The peculiarities of technological production of products by the enterprises of defense and local industry of the republic are given, the main factors of growth of their indicators are established.

Discussion and Conclusions. It is concluded that the efficiency of defense enterprises, republican, local and cooperative industry, transport and communications of the Kazakh SSR, the work of workers of the rear of the republic in 1941–1945 became a significant contribution to the Victory of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War.

Keywords: USSR, Kazakhstan, Great Patriotic War, defense enterprises, transport, communications, mine and neutral armament, torpedoes, mines, artillery shells, aircraft bombs, bomber machines, field radios, Red Army equipment.

For citation: Akkuzinov A. K. Enterprises of Defense, Republican, Local and Cooperative Industry, Transport and Communication of the Kazakh SSR during the Great Patriotic War. Ekonomicheskaya istoriya = Russian Journal of Economic History.  2023; 19(4): 338–346. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.15507/2409-630X.063.019.202304.338-346.

 

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