LABOR VICTORIES OF WOMEN-RAILWAY WORKERS OF DAGESTAN DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR
The war years became an important stage in the history of the development of railway transport in Dagestan, which faced the problem of a significant reduction and qualitative change in the composition of skilled workers. During the war, hundreds of Dagestani women came to work for the railway enterprises. Many of them replaced their husbands who had gone to the front. They were able to master many men’s professions, related specialties and made a significant contribution to the organization of uninterrupted operation of railway transport, transportation of goods and the population in difficult wartime conditions. The memoirs of contemporaries, materials of the periodical press and archival documents have preserved evidence of the labor victories of women railway workers. Along with men, they worked 12-14 hours a day, achieved victories in production competitions, performed repair and unloading work, participated in the construction of armored trains and defense lines, organized subbotniks, etc. In their free time from their main work, women helped sponsored hospitals and agricultural enterprises, participated in various patriotic actions. For the successful fulfillment of the tasks of the People’s commissariat of railways, many workers of the Dagestan section of the railway were awarded government awards.