Zelenskaya, Y ORGANIZATION OF REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION WORKS ON THE KIROV RAILWAY DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR // Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2020. Vol. 42. No 6. P. 77–82. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2020.519


Russian history

ORGANIZATION OF REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION WORKS ON THE KIROV RAILWAY DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

Zelenskaya
Yu. N. 		Petrozavodsk State University
Keywords:
The Great Patriotic war
Kirov railway
frontline railway
the reconstruction work		 Summary: On the basis of an analysis and generalization document information of documents from the central, departmental and regional archives, recollections of eyewitnesses of the events, the article discusses the process of creating an effective model of reconstruction work on the USSR railway transport during the Great Patriotic War using the example of the front-line Kirov Railway. The Kirov railway, as a strategic object of the European North of the USSR, was attacked by saboteurs and raided by enemy aircraft during the great Patriotic war. The lack of unity of command in the system of reconstruction works and necessary repair materials at the initial stage of the war negatively affected the activities of the railway. The search for the most effective model of reconstruction work went on for several years from 1941 to 1943. As a result of several reorganizations, reconstruction work on the Kirov railway was carried out by The Department of military reconstruction and barrage works-11 and The Department of construction and restoration works. The distribution of functions between departments, the creation of three military reconstruction districts, and the mobilization of internal resources made it possible to quickly restore the Kirov railway infrastructure damaged as a result of enemy activity, as well as to put into operation railway communications in the territories of the KFSSR liberated from the enemy.



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