Feat of the Leningrad Militia in Defense of the City on Neva (1941–1944)

Abstract

In the article many-sided activity of staff of the Leningrad militia in the years of war is analyzed (on the basis of archival materials of St. Petersburg and Department of special funds and rehabilitation of Information center of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in SPb and Leningrad Region, Museum of history of militia of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in SPb and Leningrad Region and the press). The author on concrete examples shows organizing activity of governing bodies of internal affairs of Leningrad, courage and heroism of officers, their participation in assembled of personal savings in Fund of defense, patronage of military units and hospitals of The Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army.

Keywords

• people’s commissariat for internal affairs in the leningrad region
• the militia officer
• staff
• courage
• heroism
• a regiment of militia
• special rifle division of militia