THE ROLE OF WOMEN'S LABOR IN THE INFORMAL (SHADOW) ECONOMY OF THE UZBEK SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC (1930–1980S)

This article analyzes the hidden forms of women's work in the informal economy in the Soviet Union, and in particular in the Uzbek SSR, from a historical and economic perspective in the 1930s–1980s. The hidden activities of women who fell under the official planned economy include domestic work, handicrafts, black market trade, work on additional agricultural plots, and family businesses.