Young people on the labor front during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (based on materials of the Mordovian ASSR)

Introduction. The solution of many problems facing modern Russian society in the context of political and socio-economic changes depends on the ability to use historical experience, to learn lessons from the past. Therefore, there is a need to rethink the phenomena of the past. Young people are one of the most important groups of the population, to which the state’s attention is riveted today, because the young population of the country is the basis of future transformations and the changes that will occur in the future depend on what kind of youth there are today. The purpose of the article is to identify the main areas of assistance of Komsomol members to the country’s front during the Great Patriotic War based on the materials of the Mordovian ASSR.