Introduction

Gallyamova A.G.

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The thematic selection “Participation of peoples in the Great Patriotic War” is dated to the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the war and is dedicated to the memory of the prematurely deceased Aislu Sh. Kabirova. The main subject of Kabirova’s research was the Great Patriotic War in the fate of Tatarstan and the Tatar people. The rubric includes articles by her colleagues and associates raising complex issues of interpreting military history.


Keywords: the Great Patriotic War, A.Sh. Kabirova, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic


About the author: Alfiya G. Gallyamova, Doctor Sc. (History), Leading Researcher, Department of Contemporary History, Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (7A Baturin St., Kazan 420111, Russian Federation); alfiya1955@gmail.com


Received February 24, 2021   Accepted for publication March 22, 2021

Published Online April 21, 2021