Soviet women in combat : a history of violence on the Eastern Front Introduction: The woman veteran as a World War II memoirist pt. 1. Before the front 1930s A portrait of a young woman as the citizen soldier pt. 2. On the way to the front 1941 1945 And this is exactly who we are soldiers! : women volunteers local authorities and the Stalinist government in 1941 The exceptional mobilization of 1941 : the making of a female combat collective by state order New gender landscapes for the Army : from grassroots enlistments to the state run mobilizations of 1942 1945 pt. 3. At the front 1941 1945 Partners in violence : the woman soldier and the machine in the 1941 trenches To be a woman commander that was great! : remechanizing and regendering in the Red Army 1942 1945 Bonded by combat : women and men sharing violence authority and romance in mechanized warfare 1942 1945 Conclusion Appendix