Мурманская область, 1941 год в «Дневнике войны» M. И. Старостина.

Abstract

The diary entries of the party leader of the war years -the first secretary of the Murmansk regional committee of the CPSU (b), Maxim Ivanovich Starostin, are considered. Special attention is paid tothe records reflecting the administrative and economic aspects of the regional leadership activities, so as military everyday life of the city Murmansk in 1941.The main problems that the regional administration dealt with at the initial stage of the military clash between Germany and the USSR are highlighted. The leadership was intensively and regularly engaged in mobilizing regional resources, starting in the fallof 1941. The most important issues that required constant attention of M. I. Starostin during this period were a) provision of food for civilians and military personnel, b) replenishment of weapons and ammunition, c) attraction of individual groups of workers, d) evacuation of industrial facilities and the population of the frontline territories. It is concluded that the source is of great value for studying the front-line territories during the Great Patriotic War, the organization of command and control in military conditions, the problems of interaction between regions, front and rear, as well as the role of the leader's personality.