During the three revolutions in our country, a galaxy of remarkable women was formed, who took an important place in political and cultural life. It is enough to mention I. F. Armand, N. K. Krupskaya, A. M. Kollontai, and E. D. Stasova. Anna Mikhailovna Pankratova, a revolutionary underground worker in her youth, also belonged to this galaxy, and after the victory of the Great October Revolution, she became a scientist and historian, a prominent public and party figure. A. M. Pankratova was born on February 9, 1897 in Odessa in a working-class family and went through a harsh life school. However, the difficulties that fell to the lot of her family did not prevent the talented and purposeful girl from graduating from high school, and then from Novorossiysk University. Since her youth, she was attracted to social sciences. Accustomed to always being in the midst of the masses, Pankratova does not tear herself away from them even during her studies. As a high school student, she actively participates in revolutionary circles; as a student, she teaches at an adult school, and fights for women's equality. After the overthrow of the autocracy, a young revolutionary joins the ranks of fighters for Soviet power. As you know, in the south of Ukraine, this struggle has taken on a particularly complex and protracted character. The Soviets, which had won in Odessa in January 1918, were soon liquidated by the interventionists, who restored the rule of the landlords and capitalists. For Pankratova and other revolutionaries, a period of hard and heroic underground struggle begins, involving dangers, hardships, and inevitable sacrifices. Anna Mikhailovna participates in the organization of partisan detachments, helps arrested comrades, and is a passionate propagandist of Leninist ideas. Her first printed works appeared in the illegal press. In an editorial published in the underground newspaper Odessky Kommunist about the shooting of 17 young communists by the White Guards, Pankrat ... Читать далее