Motrevich V.P. —
Camps of the Main Administration for Affairs of Prisoners of War and Internees of NKVD (MVS) of the USSR in Chelyabinsk Oblast during the period of 1942-1950 (numbers and dislocation)
// Genesis: Historical research. – 2016. – ¹ 6.
– P. 162 - 169.
DOI: 10.7256/2409-868X.2016.6.21086
URL: https://en.e-notabene.ru/hr/article_21086.html
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Abstract: The object of this research is the Camps of the Main Administration for Affairs of Prisoners of War and Internees of NKVD (MVS) of the USSR located in Chelyabinsk Oblast over the period of 1942-1950, theor numbers, dislocation, and time they were active. The author bases himself upon the results of the conducted in the 1990’s search by Association “War Memorials” of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the purpose of detection of the location of camps for foreign war prisoner, separate labor battalions and specialized hospitals, as well as recently published in Russia and abroad documental materials. The article reveals the dislocation of all of the facilities for housing and treating of the foreign war prisoners and German internees during the World War II and first postwar years, as well as determines the stages of existence of the camp system of the Main Administration of NKVD of the USSR regarding the war prisoners and internees in Chelyabinsk Oblast.