Abstract

The article examines the memory of the Great Patriotic War in letters, memoirs and literary sources of front-line soldiers and workers of the rear of Kabardino-Balkaria. The state of historiography and sources of the studied problem is analyzed, its relevance is substantiated.
 The experience of party political and propaganda work of the Main Political Administration of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army and local party and Soviet bodies for educating the Red Army and home front workers in the spirit of Soviet patriotism, national unity, hatred of the German occupiers and belief in victory will be summarized.
 The letters and addresses of front-line soldiers to relatives and friends, home front workers, and local party and Soviet authorities were identified and investigated.
 The letters and appeals of relatives and friends, home front workers, and local party and Soviet government bodies to front-line soldiers are examined.
 The reflection of war in the literary sources of the front-line soldiers, which are dedicated to the people of the front and rear, is considered.
 The analysis of the problem under study showed that the tasks of rallying and mobilizing all forces to achieve victory were characteristic of the consciousness of front-line soldiers and rear in an extreme situation.
 

Highlights

  • The analysis of the letters and appeals allow to point out the factors which resulted in the victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War

  • The reflection of the war in the literary sources of front-line soldiers, which are dedicated to the people of the front and rear, is considered

  • They focus on adherence to universal human values, courage, patriotism, unity, and heroism

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Summary

11. Лики войны

Сб. док. по истории Кабардино-Балкарии в годы Великой Отечественной войны (1941-1945 гг.) / Сост. По истории Кабардино-Балкарии в годы Великой Отечественной войны (1941-1945 гг.) / Сост. Combat path of the 115th Kabardino-Balkarian cavalry division [Slavoy oveyannyye. 7. Tempered in fire: on the military affairs of the soldiers of the 115th Kabardino-Balkarian Cavalry Division [V ogne zakalennyye: o boyevykh delakh voinov 115-y Kabardino-Balkarskoy kavaleriyskoy divizii] / Editorial board: K. N. Kerefov et al Nalchik: Elbrus, 1995. On the history of the 115th Kabardino-Balkarian cavalry division [Pravda o divizii. Перестройка экономики Кабардино-Балкарии на военный лад и мобилизация всех ресурсов в начальный период Великой Отечественной войны // Вестник ИГИ КБНЦ РАН. Перестройка экономики Кабардино-Балкарии на военный лад и мобилизация всех ресурсов в начальный период Великой Отечественной войны // Вестник ИГИ КБНЦ РАН. –2019. –No1. –С. 21–32

14. Книга Памяти
26. Боевая слава Кабардино-Балкарии
11. Faces of War
14. Memory Book
26. The military glory of Kabardino-Balkaria
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