Today, on January 27, 2015, the the Central Archive of the Russian Ministry of Defence has disclosed the report of January 7, 1945 on the numerical strength by demography of the 60th Army that as a part of the 1st Ukrainian Front 70 years ago deliberated the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Here it is.
It is well worth studying in general, including demography by education and years of birth on the front side, but what is of the biggest interest for me is the reverse side of the document. Here we see the Army's strength by ethnicities. And the matter of ethnicity and nationality has quite a special meaning in Russia and former USSR, as I wrote previously.
Above the central instructional part, the upper horizontal line is 'privates', the lower is 'sergeants'. Two lines below are 'officers' and 'total'.
The vertical numbered lines are for ethnicities. Here we go:
That was the Red Army of the Soviet Union, which many called Russia. Oh, those Russians...
United we were strong and in fact invincible. Those who won in the Cold War (later it became evident this victory led the world to major disturbances and was not that glorious at all) succeeded in breaking this unity of peoples within the USSR to the extent that it lost its power and broke apart under the pressure of skillfully fed up nationalistic and thus centrifugal forces.
However, this is another story.
Today we remember countless victims of Nazism and courageous liberators that cleared Nazis off the map. At least for a while.
Thank you all that the world survived then, and we are alive now, trying to keep it further.
Here it is.
It is well worth studying in general, including demography by education and years of birth on the front side, but what is of the biggest interest for me is the reverse side of the document. Here we see the Army's strength by ethnicities. And the matter of ethnicity and nationality has quite a special meaning in Russia and former USSR, as I wrote previously.
Above the central instructional part, the upper horizontal line is 'privates', the lower is 'sergeants'. Two lines below are 'officers' and 'total'.
The vertical numbered lines are for ethnicities. Here we go:
1 — Russians
2 — Ukrainians
3 — Belorussians
4 — Armenians
5 — Georgians
6 — Azerbaijanians
7 — Uzbeks
8 — Tajiks
9 — Turkmans
10 — Kazakhs
2 — Ukrainians
3 — Belorussians
4 — Armenians
5 — Georgians
6 — Azerbaijanians
7 — Uzbeks
8 — Tajiks
9 — Turkmans
10 — Kazakhs
11 — Kyrgyz's
12 — Karelians
13 — Finns
14 — Jews
15 — Chechens & Ingushes
16 — Kabardians & Balkarians
17 — Ossetians
18 — Dagestani peoples
19 — Tartars
20 — Chuvashes
12 — Karelians
13 — Finns
14 — Jews
15 — Chechens & Ingushes
16 — Kabardians & Balkarians
17 — Ossetians
18 — Dagestani peoples
19 — Tartars
20 — Chuvashes
21 — Mordvinians
22 — Bashkirs
23 — Kalmyks
24 — Udmurts
25 — Mari's
26 — Komi's
27 — Komi-Permyaks
28 — Buryats
29 — Moldovians
30 — Bulgarians
22 — Bashkirs
23 — Kalmyks
24 — Udmurts
25 — Mari's
26 — Komi's
27 — Komi-Permyaks
28 — Buryats
29 — Moldovians
30 — Bulgarians
31 — Latvians & Latgalians
32 — Estonians
33 — Lithuanians
34 — Poles
35 — Czecho-Slovakians
36 — Yugoslavians
37 — Germans
38 — Greeks
39 — Chinese
40 — others
32 — Estonians
33 — Lithuanians
34 — Poles
35 — Czecho-Slovakians
36 — Yugoslavians
37 — Germans
38 — Greeks
39 — Chinese
40 — others
That was the Red Army of the Soviet Union, which many called Russia. Oh, those Russians...
United we were strong and in fact invincible. Those who won in the Cold War (later it became evident this victory led the world to major disturbances and was not that glorious at all) succeeded in breaking this unity of peoples within the USSR to the extent that it lost its power and broke apart under the pressure of skillfully fed up nationalistic and thus centrifugal forces.
However, this is another story.
Today we remember countless victims of Nazism and courageous liberators that cleared Nazis off the map. At least for a while.
Thank you all that the world survived then, and we are alive now, trying to keep it further.
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