Evacuation of PCIA Officers to the Mordovian ASSR in 1941: Qualitative Analysis of the Management Team

Abstract

Introduction. The article is devoted to the nomenclature analysis of the command leadership of the internal affairs and state security bodies evacuated from the Union Republics of the USSR to the Mordovian ASSR in 1941. Materials and Methods. Within the framework of this study, materials located in the Central State archive of the Republic of Mordovia were used. To analyze the materials presented in the study, general scientific methods of analysis and systematization and specific historical methods were used: historical-genetic and historical-typological. Results. As part of the study, a conditional separation of the command staff of the evacuated employees of the internal affairs and state security bodies was carried out, then their analysis was carried out by positions at the previous duty station. Within the subcategories, the differentiation of employees by groups of similar positions was carried out and conclusions were drawn on the significance of these employees in wartime conditions. It should be noted that a significant number of senior staff arrived in the Mordovian ASSR from the Sumy region of the Ukrainian SSR, which was provided for by the evacuation plan. Discussion and Conclusions. The study has allowed us to confirm the importance of high-ranking evacuated law enforcement officers, which was confirmed by the short period of their stay in evacuation (1-2 months). A more detailed layout of senior staff by position allowed us to identify patterns for the most important evacuated “specialties” of the security forces.