Soviet Internationalism in Industrial Recruitment: Training Kazakh and Belarusian Workers in Russia and Ukraine, 1944-59.

The article examines Soviet internationalism in the context of industrial recruitment and training of Kazakh and Belarusian workers in Russia and Ukraine from 1944 to 1959. It highlights the systematic efforts to integrate non-Russian nationalities into the Soviet workforce, focusing on three recruitment campaigns aimed at establishing a skilled labor force for factories in Kazakhstan and Belarus. The study reveals significant differences in the treatment of Kazakhs and Belarusians, with Kazakhs facing greater discrimination and skepticism regarding their industrial capabilities, which reflected broader national hierarchies within the Soviet Union. The article argues that these recruitment efforts, while intended to promote equality, often reinforced existing biases and disparities, illustrating the complexities of Soviet nationality policy and the challenges of integrating diverse ethnic groups into a unified industrial workforce. [Extracted from the article]