The Alphabetical Book of Red Army Conscripts by Military Commissariat of Ulan-Kholsky District: Analyzing Mobilization Arrangements in the Kalmyk ASSR
https://doi.org/10.22162/2619-0990-2024-75-5-990-1004
Abstract
Introduction. The article provides statistical insights into a consolidated database compiled from the Alphabetical Book of Red Army Conscripts by Military Commissariat of Ulan-Kholsky District (Kalmyk ASSR). Goals. The article attempts a statistical analysis of the identified consolidated database for deeper understanding of the actual historical conditions and contexts. Materials and methods. The study focuses on materials of Soviet Kalmykia’s Military Commissariat to the former Ulan-Kholsky District available on the Pamyat Naroda (‘People’s Memory’) government information system. The work employs a wide range of general and special historical research methods, including the quantitative and statistical ones. Results. The local military commissariat’s book contains data on a total of 1,565 residents of Ulan-Kholsky and Lagansky districts. The conducted analysis has revealed quite a variety of repetitions, errors, and inaccuracies. Nevertheless, the compiled and corrected database covers a significant number of servicemen, and further processing of the latter secures extended studies into the participation of our fellow countrymen in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.
Supporting agencies: The reported study was funded by government subsidy, project no. 122022700134-6 ‘The Southeastern Belt of Russia: Exploring Political and Cultural History of Social Communities and Groups’.
About the Author
Valentina N. Ochir-Goryaeva
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Junior Research Associate
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Ochir-Goryaeva V.N. The Alphabetical Book of Red Army Conscripts by Military Commissariat of Ulan-Kholsky District: Analyzing Mobilization Arrangements in the Kalmyk ASSR. Oriental Studies. 2024;17(5):990-1004. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2619-0990-2024-75-5-990-1004
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