HUMANITARIAN RESEARCHES

Journal of fundamental and applied researches

LABOR USE OF PRISONERS OF WAR DURING WORLD WAR (ON MATERIALS OF ASTRAKHAN REGION)

2016. №1, pp. 149-157

Timofeeva Elena G. - Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Astrakhan State University, 414056, Russia, Astrakhan, 20a Tatishchev st, timofeeva.asu@mail.ru

Lebedev Sergey V. - Candidate of Historical Sciences, Astrakhan State University, 414056, Russia, Astrakhan, 20a Tatishchev st, dnsv@mail.ru

The article aims at a comprehensive study of the problem of the use of the labor of prisoners of war in the economic space of the Astrakhan region during World War II as an important part of military captivity. The authors analyze the regional specifics of the labor use of prisoners, the actions of local authorities on the functioning of the mobilization model of economic development of Astrakhan and Astrakhan region in wartime. Employment use of foreign prisoners is an important component of prisoners of war during the World Wars. Astrakhan Region adopted a large number of prisoners who were to be integrated into the economic life of the region. Local authorities have a great responsibility solved the problems of accommodation, food, medical care of prisoners, bringing them to work. Such activities are carried out in strict compliance with regulatory and administrative documents, decisions of the government, had its own peculiarities. That is the author's intention: to reveal the content and regional specificity of the labor use of prisoners of war during World War II on the territory of Astrakhan region.

Key words: Первая мировая война, военнопленные, заработная плата, Астраханское общественное управление, сельскохозяйственные работы, рыбные промыслы, World War, prisoners of war, wages, Astrakhan public administration, agricultural activities, fisheries

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