Air Force Servicemen from Soviet Kalmykia Killed in Battles of the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945)
https://doi.org/10.22162/2619-0990-2024-75-5-954-973
Abstract
Introduction. The article deals with Red Army Air Force servicemen from the Kalmyk ASSR recorded as KIAs, MIAs or who died in the warring years of 1941–1945, and provides some historical statistical insights to outline a collective portrait of theirs. Goals. The paper seeks to compile a database on air force servicemen from Soviet Kalmykia killed in battles of the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) and attempts its statistical analysis. Materials and methods. The article employs a variety of general scientific and special methods — including the historical genetic, historical comparative, historical typological, historical systemic, and statistical ones — to analyze records management documents of corresponding Red Army units (contained in the Memorial and Pamyat Naroda resources), primarily casualty reports and combat logs. Results. The conducted research yields a database of soldiers and officers from the Kalmyk ASSR who served in the Red Army Air Forces during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945, and were classified as KIAs, MIAs or DOWs. Furthermore, an analysis of their collective portrait is implemented by such categories as place and year of birth, place of conscription, time and place of death, place of service, time and number of awards. Conclusions. The analysis attests to natives of Kalmykia showed themselves as decent members of the Red Army Air Forces during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945, and 49 of them fell fighting, including 40 individuals that were registered as KIAs and MIAs since they never returned from operational flights.
About the Author
Sergey G. ErshovRussian Federation
Junior Research Associate, Postgraduate Student
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Review
For citations:
Ershov S.G. Air Force Servicemen from Soviet Kalmykia Killed in Battles of the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945). Oriental Studies. 2024;17(5):954-973. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2619-0990-2024-75-5-954-973