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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «ISTORIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «HISTORY»
ISSN 2222-9124 (Print)

List of issues > Series «History». 2026. Vol 56

45th Guard shortcut division: source analysis

Author(s)

A. V. Pashinin

Institute of Mongolian Studies, Buddhology and Tibetology SB RAS, Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation

Abstract
The article examines the source-study capabilities and features of the publicly available archival documents of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the restoration of the combat path of the rifle division in 1941–1945, which included conscripts from the Baikal region: the Irkutsk Region, the Trans-Baikal Territory (Chita Region), and the Republic of Buryatia (Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic).
About the Authors
Pashinin Alexander Vasilievich, Candidate of Sciences (History), Research Scientist, Department of History and Culture of Central Asia Institute of Mongolian Studies, Buddhology and Tibetology SB RAS 6, Sakhyanova st., Ulan-Ude, 670047, Russian Federation e-mail: a.v.pashinin@yandex.ru
For citation
Pashinin A.V. 45th Guard shortcut division: source analysis. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2026, vol. 56, pp. 111–119. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2026.56.111 (in Russian)
Keywords
conscripts, source potential, combat path, public electronic data bank.
UDC
94(47+57)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2026.56.111
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