Thirteenth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society

Abstract

Soviet propaganda tried to shape common public opinion through Soviet Posters. The activation of propaganda gained special importance to increase the fighting ability of the military and people behind the front During the Great Patriotic war (1941-1945). The paper seeks to provide in-depth discussion around women’s changing role during the Great Patriotic war in USSR based on the analysis of posters from the Soviet Socialist Republic of Georgia. This paper reveals that three main causes that initiated women’s changing roles in the Soviet Union: in order to increase women’s participation in war, to use women as a resource for war and to increase the fighting ability. Soviet state created new female role models. We analyzed the Soviet posters published during wartime. The study identifies 4 different female images: women warriors, mothers, women victims, and working women. The research analyzes these female characters. The study is concerned with the effects of the Great Patriotic War by focusing on Soviet Georgia. The posters published in the Soviet Republic of Georgia during wartime became the primary source for the research. The research uses a case study approach to determine soviet women’s changeable role during wartime in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Georgia. The major finding of the paper is that Soviet propaganda tried to bring together women’s emancipation to their changing images during the war. By analyzing posters from the Soviet Journals, the paper provides to understand Soviet women’s changing status and role in the Great Patriotic War.