Documentary complexes about Don Ostarbeiters in regional archives: a case study of complex source characteristics
Journal: Гуманитарные и юридические исследования
Year: 2025

Introduction. The article characterizes the research problem associated with the systemic assessment of the source base, allowing to reconstruct the forced deportation of “Eastern workers” from the occupied territory of the Rostov region to the Third Reich. A significant volume of retrospective documentary information characterizing the problems in focus is located in regional archives and is consistently introduced into scientific circulation. At present, a relevant task is a comprehensive gene