On the establishment and activities of the Pskov City Military Commissariat in the pre-war years

the article examines the foundations of the creation and features of the activities of the Pskov City Military Commissariat in the pre-war years; the reasons for the intensification of mobilization work in the city are analyzed. Based on the archival data of the State Archives of the Pskov Region, the article analyzes the training camps conducted by the military commissariat; the results of these camps; the problematic issues that caused concerns among the leadership staff related to the camps; the reasons for the prompt resolution of the problematic issues of military camps, the execution of orders, and the general conclusions made by the leadership staff of the military departments. The article contains information about the participation of Pskovites in the war against the White Finns; a description of the priority tasks facing the military commissariats after the end of the war with Finland, and the ways to solve them. In addition, the article describes the conduct of defense-mass work in the city; it lists the organizations involved in this work, in addition to the military commissariat. The article also provides archival data on the organization of the military enlistment office's work with conscripts, statistical indicators of conscription, and an analysis of the propaganda component of conscription work, as well as the methods used by the military enlistment office to improve conscription work with the population and the results of these methods.

city military commissariat, training camps, mobilization training, conscription, conscripts, and defense-mass work