Archival documents on the problem of evacuation of civilians during the Great Patriotic War to the territory of Kuzbass in the archives of various levels

This article analyzes archival materials from federal and regional archives pertaining to the evacuation of civilian population to the Kuzbass region during the Great Patriotic War. The primary archives examined include the State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF), the State Archive of Novosibirsk Region (GANO), the State Archive of Kuzbass (GAK) as well as its branch in Novokuznetsk. Key to this study are the funds of the Evacuation Council under the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR, the Main Resettlement Directorate under the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR, the Department for Economic Arrangement of Evacuees and Resettlers under the Executive Committee of the Novosibirsk Regional Soviet of People’s Deputies, the Kemerovo Regional Committee of State Statistics, as well as documents from individual enterprises and organizations. These archives contain information related to the evacuation process, including reception and placement of evacuees across cities and districts of the region, issues of social and medical services, and employment. Particular attention is given to the challenges faced by evacuated citizens and the methods employed to resolve them.