Quantitative indicators of the participation of the Crimean Tatars in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945

Introduction. The relevance of the research is propelled by the fact that until now a significant part of the studies of the participation of the peoples of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War in the Red Army slided over the exact figures regarding the Crimean Tatars. Only with the return of Crimea to the Russian Federation in 2014 new opportunities appeared in covering the topic. The article is devoted to determining the contribution of the peoples of Russia to the Victory of the Great Patriotic War using the example of the Crimean Tatars who served in the ranks of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army during the years. The goal of the research is to establish the numerical composition of the Crimean Tatars in the ranks of the Red Army, both on the eve of the war and throughout its duration.

The Materials and methods. The applied research methodology is based on the principles of historicism, objectivity and consistency. Historical, biographical and historical-systemic methods have been used.

The results of the research. The main source of information was the published data of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which have been systematized and grouped, highlighting information and final figures on officers and enlisted personnel, awards, participants in the partisan and underground movement, those killed and missing, and desertion. The scientific novelty of the research is that for the first time the number of the Crimean Tatars who were in the ranks of the Red Army before the announcement of general mobilization was named in comparison with other peoples and the total number of the Armed Forces of the USSR.

Discussion and conclusion. The total number of the Crimean Tatars participating in military operations, the total number of those killed and missing, and those awarded have been named. For the first time, a comparative analysis of the military service of the peoples of the USSR who were subjected to deportation was carried out during the Great Patriotic War the Balkars, the Ingushes, the Kalmyks, the Karachays, the Crimean Tatars, the Chechens in the areas of pre-war mobilization, military conscription with the beginning of the war, state policy of awards, the post-war fate of military personnel in places of special settlements.

The practical significance of the research is determined by the fact that the material can be used to determine the quantitative indicators of representatives of other Soviet peoples.

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