Circassian women and the soviet power: on the course of “mountain women’s liberation” on the pages of the magazine «Truzhenitsa Severnogo Kavkaza» (1925-1927)

The article is devoted to the study of the representation of the processes included in the extensive set of measures called ‘emancipation of the mountain woman’ on the pages of the magazine ‘Tru-zhenitsa Severnogo Kavkaza’, the official press organ of the women’s department of the North Caucasian regional executive committee on the example of work with Circassian women. This study examines the demonstration to the public (in particular, to the female masses) of the results of the Soviet authorities’ activities regarding the Circassian women who inhabited the territory of several autonomous regions of the Soviet Union: Adygeya (Cherkessia), Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia: it highlights its various directions such as education, the elimination of domestic and political illiteracy, the involvement of women in industrial work, the opening not only of clubs for women but also of artels and workshops. The article presents the materials of the magazine reflecting the work of the Soviet authorities with Circassian women for 1925-1927, up to the time when the magazine was renamed.