title: Fighter Battalions of the Leningrad Region Defending the City During the Summer of 1941 — Spring of 1942
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metadata.value: Medvedev, T. D.
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metadata.value: 2021-11-03T19:24:07Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-11-03T19:24:07Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-09
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metadata.value: Medvedev T. D. ‘Fighter Battalions of the Leningrad Region Defending the City During the Summer of 1941 — Spring of 1942’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 11, no. 3, 2021, pp. 589–605.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2021.302
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/33440
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The Great Patriotic War became not only the most tragic event in modern Russian history, but also a
  test for the state system of the USSR, which underwent a number of changes after the outbreak of war. Among
  other things, the war also affected structures subordinate to the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD).
  New irregular units were created in the NKVD structure, the so-called fighter battalions designed to protect the
  Red Army’s near rear and to maintain order in the frontline zone. The article explores issues related to the formation
  and application of these units in one of the most difficult sections of the Soviet-German front, the Leningrad
  front. In particular, the process of creating fighter battalions in this region is studied, the level of their material
  support, and how these units were used in conditions of the German army’s rapid attack on Leningrad and how
  they were used somewhat later during the siege. The source base includes previously unpublished documents
  from the Central State Archive of Historical and Political Documents of the city of St. Petersburg and the State
  Archive of the Russian Federation. An analysis allows not only a comprehensive study of the above problems, but
  also possible answers to one of the little-studied questions of the history of the Great Patriotic War: how the Soviet
  command used irregular military formations at the first stage of the war and what role they played in achieving
  victory.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The article was prepared within the framework of the HSE University Basic Research Program.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 11; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: World War II
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: fighter battalions
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: NKVD
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Leningrad
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: irregular formations
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Fighter Battalions of the Leningrad Region Defending the City During the Summer of 1941 — Spring of 1942
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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