More than 70 years have passed since the outbreak of World War II, but people are still looking for their relatives who have not returned from its fields, who are missing. With the advent of search engines, information databases, on specialized sites on the Internet, you can find information about a person who disappeared in the Great Patriotic War.
Instruction manual
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Before you begin your search, collect all the information that you are looking for. Just a first name, middle name and last name will not be enough. You need to know the birthplace of the war veteran, the date of the conscription and the military commissariat from which he was called up, as well as the military rank and field mail number. The information about the parents, who were also indicated in the documents of the military personnel, their pre-war address of residence, will not interfere. The more complete the information you collect, the more likely it is to find a person who disappeared in the Great Patriotic War.
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The consolidated database on the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Memorial contains information about all the soldiers who died or went missing. Search is conducted on request. In addition to the surname of the name and patronymic, you can enter further clarifying data, narrowing the scope of the search - year of birth and title. The result of the search will be a list of full namesakes of the wanted warrior, by which you can view scanned copies of the "Reports of Irrevocable Losses" - these were the names of these magazines, where missing and killed soldiers were recorded. According to the scan, you can see the year and place of birth, addresses and surnames of relatives, from what time is listed as dead or missing, the place of his death.
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This site will provide you with additional information that you can use to access the archives. If the data about the place of the call became known, write in the "Book of memory" to the military registration and enlistment office of the settlement or region from where the person was called up. Contact the military commissar with a request to check the information on your relative using the registration documents of the dead and missing personnel of the Red Army and Navy. Indicate the degree of relationship and all the data you have about it. In response, they should send you an official certificate with all the information found.
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If your request is answered in the negative, contact the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. It is located in the city of Podolsk, Moscow Region. Write a letter requesting all available information. If the answer is no, continue searching in other archives. If the answer will indicate the place and date of burial, check with the military registration and enlistment office at the place of conscription where this settlement is located.
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You will have to contact the international organizations and archives of the FSB for further information if the response to the request indicates that your relative is "Died in Captivity". After receiving the answer "Died of wounds" without indicating the place of burial, write to the archive of military medical documents of the Military Medical Museum of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (191180, St. Petersburg, Lazaretny per. 2).
Useful advice
Requests can be repeated periodically, since the electronic database of archives is constantly updated, they receive new information about the dead and missing.
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