Databases for searching information about WWII participants on the Internet. How can I find out where my grandfather fought in the Second World War and what awards he had? List of WWII recipients by last name

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Several years ago, a project began to be implemented, the goal of which was to make available for review a list of Soviet soldiers awarded military orders and medals during the Great Patriotic War. For this purpose, an electronic bank of documents was created, which digitally contains orders for awards and other documents about soldiers who distinguished themselves in battle. All information in the form of a database is available on the website "Feat of the People" a search by the name of the awardee will give a fairly complete result.

Information can be searched both by the name of the awardee and by the number or date of the order. If you want to receive detailed information about what feat or military distinction your relative who participated in the Great Patriotic War was awarded for, then on the main page select the “People and Awards” item and in the form that opens, enter his last name - first name - patronymic (see figure below)

Next, a list of all records that are related to the entered data will open. Of course, namesakes of the gentleman about whom you want to receive information may also be present. If the database contains information on several awards, then there will be a separate line for each award. As can be seen in the example given (see image below), the list of awards of three times Hero of the Soviet Union A.I. Pokryshkin, interspersed with four distinctions received by his namesake Alexander Ivanovich, junior sergeant born in 1911.

By clicking the cursor on the selected line, you can read the description of the feat for which the award was made in the document that opens.

Also, there is access to very detailed accompanying documents, such as award certificates.

In addition to searching by name, it is possible to get acquainted with a large number of orders, which are grouped by dates, as well as orders and medals that were awarded. To do this, you need to select the name of the specific award and the period you are interested in.

As a result, a complete list of orders will become available containing information about the awarding of this award at the specified time.

Help desk address - http://podvignaroda.mil.ru but the “Feat of the People” portal, created in 2010, is only one of the projects that allows you to find out the fates of loved ones who participated in the Great Patriotic War, trace their military path, and read descriptions of the feats for which they were awarded. Thus, feel the connection of times and generations, realize the history of your family as part of the greater History of your Motherland. Even earlier, in 2007, on the initiative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the “Memorial” website was created, containing an electronic data bank about soldiers killed during the war. It was created with the goal of enabling descendants living today to learn about the final resting place of their ancestors - the fallen defenders of the Fatherland, to establish the fate of missing relatives and friends, and, most importantly, to help preserve their memory.

OBD "Memorial" search for those killed in the Great Patriotic War

http://www.obd-memorial.ru- “Memorial is a website of the Ministry of Defense for searching by last name, first name and patronymic of the burial place of a deceased soldier, on which information is searched. The search is also available for a large number of other input data - date and place of birth, date and place of conscription into the army, last place of service, military rank, date of death, country, region and place of burial. The information in the generalized data bank (GDB) contains digital copies of documents from a large number of sources - reports from combat units about irretrievable losses, documents from hospitals and medical battalions, trophy cards of Soviet prisoners of war, burial passports of military personnel, orders for exclusion from lists, exhumation protocols, and other archival documents .

A query to the database provides information about the places of primary burials of soldiers and officers who died in battle or died from wounds and illnesses in hospitals and medical battalions. Records of documents for filling the generalized data bank are taken from a large number of state archives, including from the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The total number of documents to which access is provided on the site is almost 17 million digital copies. These documents contain information about more than 45 thousand passports of military graves, about 20 million personal records about the losses of the Red Army in the Great Patriotic War, and indicate the primary burial places of more than 5 million Soviet soldiers and officers. The response to a database query, in many cases, may contain several documents from different sources, this will allow identification with greater accuracy. Many documents contain information about personalities, in particular, the names and addresses of relatives to whom the funerals were sent.

The portal also has access to data that has been classified for decades, namely about Soviet soldiers and officers who were captured by Germans. Documents are presented indicating the name and number of the prisoner of war camp, which were compiled after the release from captivity. In some cases, documents issued upon request make it possible to establish the place and circumstances of the soldier’s death.

It is possible to search according to the data of military commissariats and military transit points, such as the name of the runway, date of arrival and departure, where you arrived from and place of departure, last place of service, team number and others. Thanks to such a tool, you can learn in more detail about the fate of your warrior ancestor and trace his military path. The site database is constantly updated with new information.

“Memory of the People” is the third project of the Ministry of Defense

https://pamyat-naroda.ru- Launched in May 2015, on the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. This is the largest portal on the Internet containing databases of digital copies of archival documents from the war years. A truly colossal amount of work has been done in creating this site. Without exaggeration, we can say that the site contains almost the entire history of the Great Patriotic War, embodied in documents about personalities and battles.

The portal is based on generalized data banks of the first two projects of the RF Ministry of Defense “Memorial” and “Feat of the People”, which were significantly expanded and new data were added to them. The site's database contains more than 425 thousand copies of documents from armies and fronts. In addition, the site contains copies of original documents on the conduct of 216 military operations.

It is possible to search by many types of input data - the soldier’s last name, first name and patronymic, award certificate number, burial place and others.

A special feature of the project is its visibility, when document data is linked to geographic maps and the chronological scale of military events. On interactive maps you can track the combat routes of Red Army units using more than 6 million document reference points. Also, modern maps show more than 12 million places where Soviet soldiers performed their feats, with detailed descriptions and awards. More than 100 thousand original maps of military operations were superimposed on modern geographical maps. Thanks to this, any user, even those new to history and geography, can clearly see the progress of the war on a global scale. And taking into account the georeferencing of personal data from archival documents to maps, he has the opportunity to trace in detail in space and time the combat path of his warrior ancestor from the place of conscription to the place of the last battle and final refuge or until returning home, for those who remained alive.

The website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation “Memory of the People” was created by decision of the Russian organizing committee “Victory”. The main goal of this project is to provide people with the opportunity to obtain the most complete information about the participants of the Great Patriotic War through modern interactive tools and the development of generalized data from the sites "" and "".

Home page of the site “Memory of the People”.

As part of the newest Internet project “Memory of the People,” about 425 thousand archival materials from fronts, armies and other military formations of the Red Army have been digitized and posted online for the first time. These materials included original documents about the course of hostilities, orders, commanders' reports and much more.

In addition, more than 100,000 military maps were digitized and electronically processed. Data from these materials were later entered into the database of the positions of all parts and connections marked on them. These documents and other data, including information about the places of conscription, death and last place of service of military personnel, make it possible to see the heroic path of all participants in the Second World War.

“Memory of the People”: search by last name

On the People's Memory website, a search by last name has been implemented. In addition, the structure of the site consists of thematic sections: Heroes of War; combat operations; military graves; parts documents. The site contains unique information about the burial places of WWII participants who fell in battle or died from wounds. Relatives of fallen veterans, knowing the burial address and finding this place on archival and modern maps, will be able to learn about the feat of their relatives who participated in the war of 1941-1945.

An example of a search result by last name on the “Memory of the People” website

As we can see, during the initial search by last name, first name and patronymic of a veteran, the search gives us 6 documents. From them we can learn about the combat path of the person we are looking for. In addition, an intelligent search by last name gives us the opportunity to see those documents that could have been lost forever due to unfortunate spelling errors.

A typical example of a mistake in spelling a surname.

The service, unique in its capabilities, allows you to clearly see the combat path of a soldier using the example of modern electronic maps that have become ubiquitous in modern life. Using the example of the same person, we can trace his entire military path from his place of conscription in the Kezhemsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory to Victory in the war in 1945.

The military path of a soldier on the map.

How to find your relative - a participant in the Great Patriotic War by last name, how to find out information about his awards, military ranks, military path and place of death? This memo will help you collect the most detailed information about your ancestor, a participant in the Second World War.

1 Sort out family archives

Ask your family and friends, sort through family archives and write down all the information which you will recognize. Pay special attention to letters and official documents from the front - the postal stamp contains the number of the military unit.

The transcript can be found on the website www.soldat.ru

2 Consult Databases

First of all, check the electronic archives:

Enter the veteran's information into the search fields.

If you didn't find anything - try different spellings of your first name, last name and place of birth.

If the surname is common, use the advanced search and enter additional information.

Check your databases regularly- they are constantly updated and new information about your soldier may appear.

Look beyond the search results that appear at the top! Study the entire document - there is additional information there. If the document is multi-page, open the title page - there may be a part number there. Knowing the unit number, you can determine the unit's combat path.

Check out Memory Books- they are stored in military registration and enlistment offices, archives, and local history museums. Information about soldiers was entered into the books according to three criteria: place of birth, place of conscription and place of burial. If there is no information, contact the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War (Moscow, Pobeda Square, 3, index 121096) - all books published before 1996 are stored there.

3 Send a request to the official archives

in the metric book (stored in regional archives)
in civil registration records (stored in regional archives or in civil registry offices)
in household books (stored in the archives of district administrations)
in personal files (kept at companies)

4 Make a request to the military registration and enlistment office

Do written request to the military registration and enlistment office- indicate in it all the information you have about the veteran (full name, year and place of birth, place of conscription, rank, etc.).

If possible, visit the military registration and enlistment office in person. Before visiting, be sure to:

Copy the sheets of the draft books containing information about soldiers drafted on the same day as your relative.
Check all names through the Memorial OBD website (www.obd-memorial.ru)

There is a possibility that they were sent to the same place as your relative.

5 Find out where your relative served

Knowing the unit number (division, battalion, etc.), you can understand exactly where and when your ancestor fought. The battle path can be traced on the “Memory of the People” website

Information technology opens up enormous opportunities for us. Now we can find a person via the Internet without leaving home. Some people use this chance to find out at least something about the participants in the war of 1941-1945. After all, how many destinies were then lost, missing. Today, relatives are trying to restore information and find out the details of what happened. Previously, it was very difficult to find a veteran of the Patriotic War by last name or other information, but now it is quite possible. There are many electronic resources and databases for this. We will write about them below.

Where can I find information about participants in World War II?

Get ready for a difficult task to solve. Below we list the largest electronic resources, created with government support and central archives:

“Memorial” is a project that is a generalized repository. There are more than 33 million records about the fate of soldiers and burial places. A search on the site is carried out both by a person’s last name and by any other indicators. You can indicate your year of birth, place or rank. You can additionally use the " Advanced Search" By default, the system will work with summary records compiled for each person from available documents;
“Memory of the People” is another project dedicated to the heroes of the Second World War. To search, you need to enter your full name in the line located at the top of the page " Heroes of War" You can also use the following points: “ Combat operations», « Military graves», « Parts documents" In them you can see the addresses of burial places and the names of fallen soldiers, material about military operations, the fate of its participants, etc.

Both sites are easy to use. A colossal number of unique documents are stored here in electronic form, which are not found anywhere else.

Search for WWII veterans by awards

The electronic archive “Feat of the People” contains information about more than 6 million awards issued for the capture, defense, and liberation of cities and territories.

You can search both by full name and by dates and names of orders. And if you have any documents in your hands, you can enter text from them into the appropriate fields using the button “ Advanced Search" Then the resource will issue all award sheets and orders in which this set of proposals appears.

You can also use the portal “About Awards.ru”. It contains more than 20 million awards records.

List of military archives and departments

There is an option to go directly to military storage facilities and departments and inquire there:

In addition, projects on which you can read old wartime newspapers. They often posted texts with photographs about the achievements of our troops at the front, in order to raise patriotism among the people, and listed the names of heroes and leaders:

You may have to spend a lot of time, but the more resources you visit, the more applications you leave, the more likely you will be successful.

How to find those killed or missing in the war of 1941-1945?

Here we list resources where you can find out about the fate of people left on the battlefields:

Project "Archive Battalion" created with the aim of restoring information about participants in the wars of the 20th century. You can leave a request on the website with a request to conduct research on the exploits of your hero, where and how he fought and died. It is also possible to contact the office directly to the employees. The address is here;
Book of memory "Immortal Regiment". The platform allows you to obtain information about Muscovites, both those who returned home and those who died;
Electronic memorial “Remember About” is a social site for those who are trying to preserve the memory of relatives and friends who participated in the Second World War. You can create a page in memory of a veteran here, tell his story, publish photographs and documents. And also do a search;
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Searching for information about participants in the Great Patriotic War on the Internet.

The well-known Memorial database does not always provide information (as, for example, with my relatives). Search in other databases.

Database

www.podvignaroda.ru - a publicly accessible electronic bank of documents about recipients and awards during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

www.obd-memorial.ru - a generalized data bank about defenders of the Fatherland, those killed and missing during the Great Patriotic War and the post-war period

www.pamyat-naroda.ru - a publicly accessible data bank about the fate of participants in the Great Patriotic War. Search for primary burial places and documents about awards, service, victories and hardships on the battlefields

www.moypolk.ru - information about participants in the Great Patriotic War, including home front workers - living, dead, dead and missing. Collected and replenished by participants in the all-Russian action "Immortal Regiment"

www.polk.ru - information about Soviet and Russian soldiers missing in action in the wars of the 20th century (including the pages “The Great Patriotic War” and “Undelivered Awards”).

www.permgani.ru - a database on the website of the Perm State Archive of Contemporary History, which includes basic biographical information on former Red Army soldiers (natives of the Perm region or called up for military service from the Kama region), who were surrounded during the Great Patriotic War and (or) captured by the enemy, and after returning to their homeland they underwent a special state check (filtration).

Books of memory

http://rf-poisk.ru - electronic version of the book "Names from Soldiers' Medallions", volumes 1-6. Contains alphabetical information about those killed during the war, whose remains, discovered during search operations, were identified.

http://soldat.ru - books of memory (for individual regions, types of troops, individual units and formations, about those who died in captivity, died in Afghanistan, Chechnya).

Directories

http://soldat.ru - a set of reference books for independently searching for information about the fate of military personnel (including a directory of field postal stations of the Red Army in 1941-1945, a directory of the code names of military units (institutions) in 1939 - 1943, a directory of the location of Red Army hospitals in 1941-1945)

www.rkka.ru - a directory of military abbreviations (as well as regulations, manuals, directives, orders and personal documents of wartime).