Abstract
<jats:p>This article examines the labor experiences of carpet-weaving women in late Soviet Armenia, highlighting the mechanisms of dual subjugation where traditional community norms intersected with the institutional instruments of state control. The study of carpet production practices – based on archival sources, publications in periodical press, over fifty oral histories recorded be-tween 2023 and 2025 and data from field research shows that although the processes of industrial-ization promoted by the Soviet state were presented as opportunities for women’s "emancipation" and participation in social, economic, and political life, in practice they reproduced gender hierar-chies, limiting women’s professional advancement and social autonom</jats:p>