FORMATION OF MILITARY UNITS FROM SOVIET PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMANY

Abstract

There are problems in the history of World War II that at certain periods of modern history have been a stumbling block for researchers seeking impartial study and objective interpretation of historical events and phenomena. Someof these problems, in particular the history of the creation of military units from Soviet prisoners of war, served as a pretext for political repression during the Stalinist period. In Soviet historiography, the initiative to create military formations from Soviet POWs was prescribed to emigrants who had left for European countries in the early years of the establishment of Soviet power in the former Russian Empire. In reality, a variety of historical factors influenced the creation of volunteer formations from POWs.