The harsh test of the functionality of the state apparatus of the capital came during the years of the Great Patriotic War of the peoples of the USSR against German fascism. After unleashing the Second World War in 1939 and enslaving several European countries, fascist Germany significantly increased its industrial and military potential and suddenly attacked the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. By this time, Germany had occupied Czechoslovakia, Poland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Yugoslavia, and Greece, establishing dominance over almost all of Western Europe. There was no force in the capitalist world capable of blocking the path of the fascist war machine. The enemy had a significant advantage in manpower, technology, and armament. The Great Patriotic War, which lasted a long four years, claimed tens of millions of human lives. In this war, not only the fate of the Soviet Union was at stake, but also that of all of Europe and the entire world civilization. On the very first day of the war, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR declared mobilization and introduced martial law in a number of republics and regions.
The restructuring of the activities of the state apparatus began. Mobilization of all forces to fight the enemy.
Kyrgyzstan and its capital Frunze (now Bishkek) remained one of the rear regions of the union throughout the four years of military actions. The strength and stability of the rear largely determined the outcome of victory on the front.
The beginning of the restructuring of the state apparatus was marked by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated June 26, 1941, "On the working hours of workers and employees during wartime." Extended working hours were introduced at enterprises, overtime work was established, and regular vacations were canceled for the duration of the war, replaced by monetary compensation. All workers and employees in military industry enterprises were declared mobilized. They were reserved. The able-bodied population was mobilized for work in production during the wartime. These measures allowed many sectors of the national economy to be provided with labor force.
Following this, on August 16, 1941, the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR and the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) approved a military-economic plan for the fourth quarter of 1941 and for 1942 for the rear regions of the country, which also included the Kyrgyz SSR. This represented a program that defined the main directions for restructuring the entire national economy for military needs.
Its implementation allowed the state to create military-economic bases in the eastern part of the country during the period of military actions.
The Third Five-Year Plan for the Development of the National Economy in the Kyrgyz ASSR