Email this article The condition of Russian World War I prisoners of war in foreign camps (based on materials of personal origin)
- Authors: Lazarenko E.I.1
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Affiliations:
- Bryansk State Academician I.G. Petrovski University
- Issue: Vol 27, No 1 (2022)
- Pages: 201-209
- Section: NATIONAL HISTORY
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/1810-0201/article/view/298200
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2022-27-1-201-209
- ID: 298200
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The situation of Russian World War I prisoners of war in the camps of the Quadruple Alliance countries is described. The relevance of the research lies in the study of the problem of captivity and comparison of the treatment of Russian prisoners of war in Germany and Turkey, using the preserved testimony of witnesses of the events of past years: diplomats, Russian soldiers who found themselves in German and Turkish captivity. The aim of the study is based on the analysis of previously unexamined documents of the State Archive of the Russian Federation, letters and memos. During the study, it was concluded that Soviet diplomats attempted to help improve the situation of Russian prisoners of war in German camps, their re-evacuation to their homeland after the signing of the Brest Peace Treaty, by participating in the work of mixed commissions and creating new international legal acts. It was found that the most difficult, unbearable and cruel captivity for the Russian soldiers was in Turkey. Unlike the Turkish captivity, the German one, in spite of all its flaws and severity, still left a chance for survival. Turkey had the highest death rate of prisoners of war.
About the authors
E. I. Lazarenko
Bryansk State Academician I.G. Petrovski University
Author for correspondence.
Email: lena.lazarenko.79@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3918-011X
Post-Graduate Student of 46.06.01 History and Archeology (National History) Programme
14 Bezhitskaya St., Bryansk 241036, Russian FederationReferences
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