KRASNOYARSK FORCED LABOUR CAMP OF THE USSR NATIONAL COMMISSARIAT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR (1941 – 1945)

Abstract

Basing on the particular historical and educational methods of «the history of the country through regional history», the paper aims to reveal the process of creation and functioning of Krasnoyarsk Forced Labour Camp of the USSR National Commissariat of Military Affairs. The example of the history of the Kraslag (Krasnoyarsk Forced Labour Camp of National Commissariat of Military Affairs of the USSR) is used to characterize the specifics of the prison system in Krasnoyarsk Region in emergency wartime conditions. The features of the camp contingent composition are identified and the number of prisoners is calculated.

Keywords

• prisoners
• prison system
• forced labour camp
• pows (prisoners of war)
• labour mobilized germans