Legendary profession: the Amur militia during the Great Patriotic War
https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2025-10-4-50-55
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Abstract
The publication is devoted to the activities of the NKVD of the Amur region (Amur police) during the Great Patriotic War. The work is based on documents and materials from the archive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Amur region — the Department of Operational Accounting of Special Funds and Rehabilitation of Victims of Political Repression of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Amur Region and the Museum of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Amur Region. The research methodology is based on institutional and prosopography approaches. The article reveals the main aspects of the NKVD's activities in the Amur Region to combat crime and maintain public order. The focus is on the biographies of Amur residents who fought on the front lines.
About the Author
N. A. Shabelnikova
Far Eastern Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (Vladivostok Branch)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
SHABELNIKOVA Natalya Alekseevna, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Humanities Department; Police Colonel, Honored Officer of the Internal Affairs Bodies of the Russian Federation.
Vladivostok, Kotelnikova St., 21, 690087
AuthorID (RSCI): 476170
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Shabelnikova N.A. Legendary profession: the Amur militia during the Great Patriotic War. Omsk Scientific Bulletin. Series Society. History. Modernity. 2025;10(4):50-55. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2025-10-4-50-55. EDN: APTFDF
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