Welcoming demobilized soldiers back from the war: the practice of local government in the Chelyabinsk region, 1945—1946
Kirill E. Chirkov, Postgraduate Student
Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, Magnitogorsk, Russia, yorik090809@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4362-9622
Abstract
The article presents a comprehensive study of the work of party and economic bodies of the Chelyabinsk region to ensure post-war demobilization. The process of forming the system of reception, material, domestic and labor arrangement of front-line soldiers in the first year and a half from the beginning of the dismissal of the Red Army personnel in June 1945 is considered. Particular attention is paid to the issues of interaction of party and economic bodies to ensure demobilization, organization of work on the ground in the cities and agricultural areas of the region, as well as the introduction of various forms of reporting. The specificity of the region as a rear region in the context of the above-mentioned events is determined, which, in turn, influenced the nature of the functioning of local authorities. Statistics on the arrival of demobilized soldiers by month during the specified period is presented, and an attempt is made to schematize the system of ensuring this process.
Keywords
Post-war demobilization, return of frontline soldiers, Chelyabinsk region, support for Soviet soldiers, local authorities, administrative practices.
For citation:
Chirkov K. E. Welcoming demobilized soldiers back from the war: the practice of local government in the Chelyabinsk region, 1945—1946. Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2025, no. 4 (56), pp. 254—270. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2025.56.16.
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