Prosopography Database of the Great Patriotic War Military Servicemen (based on the Memory book of Yashul District of the Republic of Kalmykia)
https://doi.org/10.37493/2409-1030.2023.3.1
Abstract
Introduction. The paper deals with statistical analysis of the database of the Great Patriotic War military servicemen conscripted in the Yashul District of the Republic of Kalmykia.
Materials and Methods. The database was compiled on the base of Memory book of Yashul District of the Republic of Kalmykia which contains annotated lists of 2 051 Red Army military servicemen from the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 largely conscripted in the Kalmyk ASSR. The paper aims to compile the prosopography database of the Great Patriotic War military servicemen in 1941– 1945 on materials of Memory book of Yashul District of the Republic of Kalmykia as a sample of regional Memory book.
Analysis. The analysis was carried out by place of birth and conscription, military rank, awards, place and date of service and type of losses. The work shows that the main part of losses regards to MIAs (missing in action) of 1942–1943 in military associations of southern direction.
Results. The analysis shows that the Memory book contains valuable data on servicemen conscripted in the Kalmyk ASSR which will assess the contribution of the residents of the Yashkul district of the Republic of Kalmykia to the victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945.
Keywords
Great Patriotic War,
Kalmyk ASSR,
Yashkul district,
Red Army,
memorial book,
fatal casualties,
database,
quantitative analysis
Supporting agencies: The reported study was funded by government subsidy, project no. 122022700134-6 ‘The Southeastern Belt of Russia: Exploring Political and Cultural History of Social Communities and Groups’.
About the Author
V. N. Vorobyova
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valentina N. Vorobyova, Junior Researcher,
8, Ilishkin St., Elista, 358000
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Vorobyova V.N. Prosopography Database of the Great Patriotic War Military Servicemen (based on the Memory book of Yashul District of the Republic of Kalmykia). Humanities and law research. 2023;10(3):364-374. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.37493/2409-1030.2023.3.1
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