Don Ostarbeiters with Turkic Identity: Some Outcomes of Heuristic Reconstructions
Journal: ORIENTAL STUDIES
Year: 2024

Introduction. The article introduces original research reconstructions consistently aimed at identifying individuals of Turkic origin who had resided in Rostov Oblast before they were relocated for forced labor to the Third Reich. The approach is not that traditional for Russia’s historiographic tradition that primarily addresses systemic analyses of such issues in political, social and territorial perspectives. The study involves a total of six Soviet citizens whose personal portraits have been