Organization of military training during the Great Patriotic War (insights from archival research on North Ossetia)
https://doi.org/10.26907/2541-7738.2025.2.30-42
Abstract
The building of combat-ready reserves for the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War is analyzed based on the results of an archival research on universal military training in North Ossetia. Using the materials from the Central State Archive of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania and the State Archive of the Modern History of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, a historical perspective on the military training in the region without disruption to industrial production under the wartime conditions is provided. Special attention is paid to variations in the organization of military training across the North Ossetian ASSR territory. The quality of pre-conscription training in North Ossetia during the early years of the war, the development of infrastructure for universal military training, the resolution of organizational challenges, and the role of universal military training in ensuring the timely preparation of combat reserves for the front are assessed. Key obstacles and limitations in the implementation of universal military training, as well as strategies employed to overcome them, are identified using the archival records and existing historiographical sources. It is concluded that the Soviet leadership not only successfully trained and integrated the conscription pool into the Red Army but also developed an effective system of universal military training for all citizens, which enabled the rapid deployment of combat reserves.
Keywords
universal military training, combat reserves,
Great Patriotic War,
North Ossetian ASSR,
rear,
Red Army
Supporting agencies: This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 23-28-00326).
About the Author
L. Ch. Khablieva
North Ossetian State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Larisa Ch. Khablieva, Cand. Sci. (Pedagogy), Associate Professor, Department of Russian History
Vladikavkaz
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Khablieva L.Ch. Organization of military training during the Great Patriotic War (insights from archival research on North Ossetia). Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki. 2025;167(2):30–42. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2541-7738.2025.2.30-42
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