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ISSN 2409-630X (Print), ISSN 2618-916X (Online)

DOI: 10.15507/2409-630X.048.016.202001.084-090

Oleg I. Mariskin

National Research Ogarev Mordovia State University (Saransk, Russia),

е-mail: mariskinoi@mail.ru

 

Daily life of the population of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945: based on the materials of the Atyashevsky district of the Mordovian ASSR

 

Introduction. The article explores the daily life of the rear region during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945. The workers of the Atyashevsky district of the Mordovian ASSR, like all Soviet people, stood up for the Fatherland. The Great Patriotic war made fundamental changes in the way of life of the home front. Women, children, and old men who replaced men gone to the front often worked around the clock and slept in their workplaces. Results and Discussion. During the war, many types of agricultural work were performed manually. In the rear, food shortages caused difficulties in supplying the population with food. It was no better to provide food for the families of front-line soldiers. Collective farmers and sole peasants began to pay personal land, since then the main source of food. The villagers grew many of the crops that were previously produced by farmers on arable land, but in much smaller amounts. Workers of the district led to the construction of fortifications – the Sursky defense line. Conclusion. The war is leaving the past, its participants, soldiers’ widows and mothers are still less alive, but the feat accomplished by the soldiers and workers of the rear during the years of the Great Patriotic War is immortal.

Keywords: the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet rear, everyday life, people, population, Mordovia, Atyashevsky district.

For citation: Mariskin O. I. Daily life of the population of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945: based on the materials of the Atyashevsky district of the Mordovian ASSR. Ekonomicheskaya istoriya = Russian Journal of Economic History. 2020; 16(1): 84–90. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.15507/2409-630X.048.016.202001.084-090.

 

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