Answer: This study deals with the effects of Second World War, which is called “The Great Patriotic War” by Russia and
Ex-Soviet countries that defended their lands especially against Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945, on Soviet
literature and correspondingly its reflections on Karachay-Balkar literature. On the eve of going to the Second
World War, Soviet Union has used literature very effectively in the context of propaganda activities in order to
organize the army and the economy for the war and acquire the material and spiritual support of the nations in
the union. Pro-Soviet regime poets and writers even the literati who were squelched during Stalin's administration
were called for duty by the reason that “motherland is in danger” so as to stir and strengthen especially citizenship
feelings and keep public morale high and encourage people. The theme of “The Great Homeland War” has an
important place in the literature of Karachay-Balkar Turks like all other nations in the Soviet Union. Starting
from the end of the 1930s, all Karachay-Balkar poets and writers have discussed the unshaken power and
invincibility of Soviet motherland in their works, warned the people against the dangers to the motherland and
invited them to sacrifice their lives for the motherland if required in accordance with the period’s conditions and
instructions, given by Soviet officers.
Keywords: Second World War, Soviet Propaganda, Soviet Literature, Karachay-Balkar Literature.
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