On the contribution of the NKVD of the USSR to the achievement of victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The importance of in-depth scientific research of the results and lessons is revealed The Second World War, which makes it possible to resist the falsification of history, to form an objective historical memory of the true winners of Nazism and fascism in Europe and the Far East. It is noted that the 80th anniversary of the Victory over the Nazi invaders is an important occasion for the popularization of scientific knowledge about the participants of the Great Patriotic War, who made a significant contribution to the Victory. It is established that employees and military personnel of the organs and troops of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR, who selflessly fulfilled their duty to the Motherland, are equated to the participants of the Great Patriotic War. The article considers the participation of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945. The role of the top leadership of the NKVD of the USSR in achieving Victory over the Nazi invaders has been studied. It has been established that in the Soviet state during the war, law enforcement agencies were assigned the function of protecting the rear of the army, as well as ensuring the production of weapons and ammunition for the needs of national defense. The bibliographic sources testifying to the positive role of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War are studied. The features of the participation of the leadership of the NKVD of the USSR in the war against the Nazi invaders, awarded the highest state awards of the USSR, as well as military ranks, are shown. It is established that the organizational and legal foundations of the activities of the NKVD of the USSR in 1941–1945 are of applied value as the experience of organizing law enforcement agencies in emergency situations, which can be partially used by contemporaries, including for organizing moral and psychological work among law enforcement officers, as well as for the professional orientation of young people.
Source: Siberian Law Herald
Language: English
Topic: Soviet and Russian History
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4412428423