FORMATION OF THE SYSTEM OF THE USSR STATE MANPOWER RESERVES AND THE BEGINNING OF ITS ACTIVITY IN SIBERIA (1940 – 1942)

Abstract

The paper provides the analysis of the emergence and the first steps of development of the institute of Manpower Reserves of the USSR in the conditions of Siberia at the beginning of World War II. Features of mobilization of youth in educational institutions of Manpower Reserves, as well as the specifics of theoretical and inservice training in vocational schools, railway schools and workschools are considered. The author drives at the conclusion that the intensity of growth of Manpower Reserves system in Siberia significantly surpassed the rates of the other regions of the USSR, which also reflected the general potential of Siberia during the War.

Keywords

• manpower reserves
• mobilization
• inservice training
• vocational schools
• workschools
• staff