IN last years Many sites have appeared on the Internet in which documents on the Great Patriotic War are laid out. You can find all digitized documents that mention your grandfather, great-grandfather, close or distant relative. These are award documents, descriptions of feats, registration cards, information about losses, documents from hospitals and medical battalions, lists of burials, etc. It is a pity that not all documents are available yet. This information can be found using the Internet resource "Memory of the People". The same site will help to trace the military path of your relative.
First you need to find out in which part your grandfather or great-grandfather fought. There are many options: find a Red Army book, documents, etc. I managed to find out that my grandfather fought in 449 OLBS (separate line communications battalion). Rummaging on the Internet, it turned out that 449 olbs was part of the 39th army of the second formation. Grandfather began a military journey near Rzhev, reached Koenigsberg, then was transferred to Mongolia, where he ended the war at Port Arthur. This information is contained on the Internet, the same information is confirmed by the grandfather's Red Army book.
Now let's try using the "Memory of the People" to see the combat path of 39 A. In theory, you need to track the path of a separate unit (battalion, regiment, division) - this is more accurate and clearer, but 449 olbs was directly subordinate to 39 A.
So, we go to the site and go to the "Combat Operations" section and enter the name of the combat unit. Will find a list of all operations in which this part participated. 39 And the second formation took part in the hostilities from the beginning of August 1942, so we choose one of the operations later than this period. Let it be Rzhev-Sychevskaya offensive. We go to the page of the combat operation (11/25/1942-12/20/1942).
We see that 39 A was then part of the Kalinin Front and delivered a blow from Molodoye Tud to Olenino and Vampires. On the map, you can change the scale and select the position of the fronts and military formations for different dates. As you can see, by the end of Operation Mars, 39 A was unable to break the resistance of the Germans and went on the defensive.
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Below you will find lists of soldiers and officers awarded the title of "Hero Soviet Union”, combat logs and military graves in the area of the military operation.
From the same page, click on 39 A and go to the page of the military unit. Here we will see command staff and the combat path of the unit. You can get acquainted with all combat operations in detail.
- Type in the search the name of your grandfather or great-grandfather or whom you are looking for.
- Write in the discussion of the group, what information you know, what his name was, where he served, his awards. If you have a photo, please attach.
- Add the date of death, the place of death, as well as the place of burial (if known).
The Memorial website helped me find my grandfather, who went to war in 1940 and did not return, was listed as missing. I was able to find by last name, year of birth, by rank where his days ended. It turned out that he died in the summer of 1942, he did not return, only his white horse came home, which miraculously found his father's house.
It is also worth looking for a grandfather here: Memory of the people.
You can try to do this in several ways. First, go to this site, enter the last name, first name, patronymic of the relative you want to know about.
Some information is also stored on this site.
If these attempts are unsuccessful, then you need to contact the archives of the Ministry of Defense.
You can find out where your relative fought on the websites of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: podvignaroda.mil.ru and obd-memorial.ru, where you can find not only where he fought, but also what awards he has, and if he died, then the cause of death.
In the Saxon memorials (who died in German captivity) and memorials of the victims of political terror in the USSR, as well as in the archives of the country.
The memory of the heroes of the Second World War is eternal!
On this moment there are special resources on the Internet where it is possible to find out by last name where our grandfathers fought in the Second World War. Among such resources, I personally know the following sites, which you can go to and try to find out the information of interest:
1) The first is the feat of the people
2) The second is the memory of the people
These sites contain data from the archives.
By last name, finding a specific person who fought in the Second World War has become much easier in our time. It is enough to use the sites with a register of all those who served at that time. On such sites, you can track the movement of the unit in which your grandfather served and even find information about where he died and was buried (if he did not live to see the victory on May 9). Here are some websites that will help you find your missing relative:
The feat of the people
people's memory
Memorial
Visit this site. Here you can find out all the information about your relative. It will be enough to enter the last name, first name, patronymic.
There is another similar resource. Here is a link to it. Good luck in your search!
Unfortunately, not participants in the Great patriotic war can be found on the main Internet resources. Therefore, the search for a war participant by last name can also be searched on related resources, for example, like here. My friend did not find the name of his grandfather on the search engines, so he began to search from the military registration and enlistment office and further through the archives of the RF Ministry of Defense. And found. We remember, we are proud!
R.s. Here is another site where you can find information.
good afternoon. I want to know where my grandfather served. SOLOVTSOV Roman Lavrenievich 1912. FROM THE PRIMORSKY TERRITORY S.ANUCHINO.WAS CAPTIVE IN A CONCENTLAGE.
Information resources opened on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War
The feat of the people and the memory of the people. Resources are filled with information available in military archives. I found there information about my grandfather and his awards.
Look, maybe you will find your grandfather.
I want to know where my father Dyakov Ivan Mikhailovich fought, born April 14, 1925. drafted from the Altai Territory with. Kolonkovo
In order to proudly talk about our relatives, who fought for our bright future without sparing their lives, it is necessary to make some efforts in the search.
Perhaps the most accessible is the database of those who fought, which is presented on the World Wide Web.
So, knowing only the last name and first name, you can go to the most valuable storehouse of data.
There is a special
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Only knowing the history of one's kind, one can be a full-fledged member of society. It is important to remember and honor the memory of grandfathers and great-grandfathers who defended their Motherland at the cost of their lives. However, it often happens that information about a deceased or missing relative is not preserved in the memory of descendants. In this case, you can try to restore the information by referring to archival documents.
Search for a grandfather-participant of the Great Patriotic War
With the development of digital technologies, the search for a grandfather who died in the war can be carried out independently, with the help of specialized Internet resources. To do this, just enter a query in the line of an Internet search engine, for example: “search for grandfather Vov”. If you had several front-line soldiers in your family, and you would like to know who fought where, in which sectors of the front he served or in which military operations he participated, the request can be expanded. In this case, you must enter a query with the following content: “where my grandfather fought search by last name for free” or, for example: “where my grandfather fought search by last name”.
- The most informative and reliable are archive sites created with the support of the Ministry of Defense Russian Federation, or created by the Russian Historical Society. If you are wondering: “where did my grandfather fight?” - the search should begin with viewing the resource. This site contains information about Soviet soldiers who died or went missing during the hostilities or in the post-war period. You can find a war hero by name, year of birth and rank;
- Find information about the awards that your relative received during the war, you can use the services of electronic . This base interesting in that it contains scanned original documents - award orders and accompanying documents to it. Be sure to save these documents on your computer, print them out, if possible, show these documents to your relatives - everyone should know about the heroism of their ancestors!;
- If during the war one of the relatives was captured by the Nazis, was taken to Germany, or his traces were lost in the occupied territories, it will be useful to search in.
Personally, I found on the site "Feat of the People" information about my grandfather (I post a picture below) and great-grandfather. It was great to read about their exploits. It is interesting that even my dad and his sister did not really know why my grandfather received the medal "For Courage" in 1943 - he did not like to talk about the war at all. On the site "Memorial" I found information about my grandfather's two brothers who were missing and another great-grandfather who died in the war in February 1945. Everlasting memory my glorious ancestors!
This is what information about a soldier looks like on the site (this is my grandfather's map):
And this is the site and a card of my great-grandfather who went missing:
Do you have any information about your grandparents who defended their homeland
during the war? Tell us in the comments under the article about how you found out who fought where, and how do you feel when you remember your heroic ancestors?
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Many of our readers are interested in the question of how to restore biographical information about their relatives - participants in the Great Patriotic War. Time inexorably separates us from loved ones, sometimes before we were able to realize their merits. Sometimes our relatives pass away in our childhood or even before we are born. In addition, people who survived the war, as a rule, rarely talk about the past. But one day we understand that restoring the biographies of our dear relatives means paying a debt to their memory...
Our guest famous historian – , doctor historical sciences, Professor, head of department universal history, historiography and archeology of the Penza State University.
Sergei Vladislavovich, in recent years, interest in genealogy has noticeably increased. Why do you think?
Belousov S.V.: Genealogy is one of the historical disciplines that deals with the study and compilation of genealogies, ascertaining the origin of individual genera, families and individuals. The occupation of genealogy opens up very broad prospects. The life of a person and family is inextricably linked with the history of society and the state. A person is a witness to various epochal events, and sometimes a direct participant in them. Therefore, through the history of one's own family, one can come to the study Small Motherland and history of the Fatherland.
For many people, the Great Patriotic War, which, no doubt, left its mark on the history of every family, becomes the starting point of a genealogical search. Establishment historical facts the participation of our fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers in the events of this heroic time allows us to come as close as possible to the issue of forming an active life position in the younger generation and, using the example of family history, to instill a sense of patriotism.
Do you think patriots are born or made?
Belousov S.V.: The etymology of the word "patriotism" goes back to Latin words“pater” (father) and “patria” (fatherland) and means the moral position of a person, which is expressed in love for the Motherland, pride in it, respect for its historical past and readiness for self-sacrifice in the name of its independence and freedom.
Patriotism cannot arise momentarily with the wave of a magic wand. Its formation Long procces in which everyone should be involved: the state, the school, public organizations, MASS MEDIA. But we must not forget that patriotism, an understanding of one's belonging to the Fatherland and its people, is brought up, first of all, in the family. Therefore, the importance of studying the history of the family, turning to the heroic past of our ancestors can hardly be overestimated.
How to establish the fate of a person who took part in hostilities or forged victory in the rear?
Belousov S.V.: The answer to this question is much more complicated than it might seem at first glance. Time is inexorable, and the events of that time are moving further and further into the past. In many families, the real events of the war, in which their ancestor took part, have long been intertwined with facts based on stories, memories, family traditions, which leads to the emergence of myths, and hence the distortion of reality. At the same time, information about a person, if preserved, is scattered across various archives. A genealogical search can sometimes take long years, and sometimes a fluke can immediately reward you for your efforts.
Where to start searching for information about relatives - contemporaries of the Great Patriotic War?
Belousov S.V.: Let's consider some aspects of genealogical search. After all, when starting to solve any search problem, it is necessary to have a given algorithm of actions. It is necessary to start the study by establishing the last name, first name, patronymic, year and place of birth of a person who participated in the war. Without this primary information, further search will be very difficult. The place of residence of a person on the eve of the war, for example, will help to find out which RVC he was called up to. Then all relatives should be interviewed in order to establish various facts from his life (for example, marital status, place of work, etc.), and familiarize himself with the preserved documents, letters and photographs. Their study can also provide the researcher with important Additional information about the person of interest. For example, an image on a photograph in military uniform can help determine the type of troops, rank and available awards, and the field mail stamp on the letter is the number of the military unit. The main task at this stage is to find out the number of the military unit in which the soldier was at least for some time. This, no doubt, will help in further searches.
How can the Internet help in finding information about a relative's military career?
Belousov S.V.: The Internet can provide invaluable assistance in collecting primary information, where there are military historical forums that can answer some questions of interest to the researcher, and various databases are located (for example, the structure of the Red Army on the eve of the war, tables of correspondence of field mail numbers military units, locations and numbers 
evacuation hospitals). See, for example, forums and materials posted on the sites soldat.ru, pobediteli.ru, etc. When studying the history of the participation of grandfathers and great-grandfathers in the Great Patriotic War, if their fate is connected with history Penza region, you can use the information posted on the site "No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten." The National Book of Memory of the Penza Region, which is administered by S.A. Dvoryankin.
On this page we have collected resources that will help you find a soldier (deceased relative or friend), search for the dead and missing in the Great Patriotic War.
Volunteer project "Archive Battalion"
Volunteer project "Archive Battalion" for the restoration of information about the participants in the wars of the XX century accepts and processes applications for research combat way participants in the Great Patriotic War.
Memory of the people
The Memory of the People project was implemented in accordance with the decision of the Russian Organizing Committee Victory of July 2013, supported by the order of the President and the Decree of the Government of Russia in 2014. The project provides for the publication on the Internet of archival documents and documents on the losses and awards of soldiers and officers of the First World War, the development of the projects previously implemented by the Russian Ministry of Defense on the Second World War OBD Memorial and the Feat of the People into one project - the Memory of the People.
The feat of the people
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation presents a unique information resource of open access, filled with all the documents available in the military archives on the progress and results of the main military operations, exploits and awards of all the soldiers of the Great Patriotic War. As of August 8, 2012, the data bank contains information on 12,670,837 awards.
Generalized databank "Memorial"
The generalized data bank contains information about the defenders of the Fatherland who died and went missing during the Great Patriotic War and the post-war period. The work was done on a large scale: collected and translated into electronic form tens of thousands of documents, with a total volume of more than 10 million sheets. contained in them personal information amounted to more than 20 million records.
Immortal Regiment of Russia
All-Russian public civil-patriotic movement " Immortal Regiment Russia" collects stories about the participants of the Great Patriotic War. The database is updated daily. Here you can not only add your veteran soldier to the All-Russian "piggy bank", but also search for existing ones.
Electronic memory book "Immortal Regiment - Moscow"
The Immortal Regiment - Moscow, together with the My Documents Public Services Centers, collect information about the residents of the capital who took part in the Great Patriotic War. Now there are already more than 193 thousand names in the archive.
"Soldat.ru" - database of those killed in the Second World War
Soldat.ru is the oldest Russian Internet portal for establishing the fate of the dead and missing servicemen and searching for their loved ones.
"Winners" - Soldiers of the Great War
With our project, we want to thank the soldiers of the Great Patriotic War living next to us by name and tell about their feat. The project "Winners" was created for the 60th anniversary of the Victory. Then we managed to collect lists of more than a million veterans living near us.
The site also contains a stunning interactive and animated map of the Great Patriotic War.
Electronic memorial "Remember Pro"
On the social site "RememberPro" each registered user can create a memory page, a photo gallery of a deceased loved one and native person, tell about his biography, honor the memory of the deceased, leave words of memory and gratitude. You can also find a deceased relative and friend, search for those killed and missing in the Great Patriotic War.
Memorial of the Great Patriotic War
The site is conceived as a people's encyclopedia, a virtual memorial to the fallen participants Great War, where everyone can leave their comments on any entry, supplement information about the War Participant with photos and memories, turn to other project participants for help. There are about 60,000 project participants. More than 400,000 cards have been registered.
MIPOD "Immortal Regiment"
The site has a large database of participants in the Great Patriotic War. The chronicle is maintained by community members. Now there are already more than 400 thousand names in the archive.
Find a soldier. A reminder for those who are looking for their heroes
1. Check the data on the OBD Memorial website
Verifying the person's data, open the "advanced search" tab and try by typing only the last name, then the last name and first name, then the full data. Also try to check the information by setting the parameters of the surname, and the name and patronymic only with initials.
2. Send a request to the archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
The request must be sent to the address: 142100 Moscow region, Podolsk, Kirova st., 74. " Central archive Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
In an envelope, enclose letters in which you clearly state the information you have and state the purpose of the request. Enclose one blank envelope, filling in your home address as the recipient's address.
3. Check the data on the site "Feat of the people"
If you do not have information on awards, you can refer to the website "Feat of the People". In the "People and awards" tab, enter the data as requested.
4. Check the information on the parameters
There are additional ways that can also help you find and identify information about your veteran. The site "Soldat.ru" presents a list of search technologies, we draw your attention to some of them:
- Database of Internet links to school museums of the Russian Federation, in which there are expositions about the combat routes of units and formations of the Soviet Army
- How to establish the fate of a soldier who died or went missing during the Great Patriotic War
- Information on materials held by the tracing service of the International Red Cross
- Request forms for search, evacuation and search of graves through the Center for Tracing and Information of the Russian Red Cross (
