Bondarenko E.Yu. International-legal and political consequences of the internment of the Japanese prisoners of war in the Far East of the USSR (1945-1956)

Abstract: The subject of this research is the regime of war imprisonment and the relations of the Japanese prisoners of war with the authorities of the USSR in the period from September of 1945 to December of 1956, to which the troops of the Kwantung Army were subjected after the World War II. The presence of Japanese prisoners of war in the Far East of the USSR during the period in question is one of the key facets of the comprehensive study of the issue of foreign POW’s in the Far East of Russia in the XX century. Referring to this topic on the 70th anniversary of the USSR’s victory over the militarist Japan is supported by the introduction of new documents and materials on this topic that was not previously available to the researchers. The scientific novelty is substantiated by the systemic research of the issue of the POW’s   in the Far East of the USSR, and also consists in the introduction of new documents and materials on this topic. The author investigates the international legal aspects of the war imprisonment in the Far East, and determines the specificity of the USSR’s policy with regards to prisoners of war.

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