Defense mass training of people from the Far East for defense of Motherland during Great Patriotic War (1941–1945)

With the use of sources introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, she analyzed the mass defense training of the Far East for the defense of the socialist Fatherland during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945. The qualitative composition of the leaders of military training and the quantitative parameters of the training of military specialists are revealed. It is substantiated that the created centralized system of general military training solved the problem of preparing a mobilization reserve at enterprises and institutions, on collective farms and state farms, in educational institutions of the Far East according to the territorial production principle in the scope of training a single fighter and a specialist – a tank destroyer, sniper, rifleman, machine gunner, signalman, medical officer, nurse. Indicators of mastering a military specialty reflect not only the need, but also the possibility of training in the region. Training in sports organizations and societies, at enterprises, in institutions and educational institutions was considered not only from the point of view of raising the cultural level of the Far East, but also the socio-ideological education, especially of young people. Interrelated tasks were solved: those liable for military service acquired knowledge, which, on the one hand, was used in labor activity and for the development of military equipment, on the other hand, military-trained reserves were prepared, optimal parameters for recruiting the Armed Forces were worked out, taking into account the availability of mobilization resources.