About collaborationism in the years of the Great Patriotic War
Journal: Bulletin of the Karaganda university History Philosophy series
Year: 2022

The article presents the main events regarding the little-studied collaborationist movement during the Great Patriotic War. Based on new sources, the author reveals the reasons for the emergence of collaborationism, its main directions and political motives. The reasons, such as the mistakes of the Soviet leadership in domestic life and national policy, the major defeats of the Red Army at the beginning of the war, as well as the enemy’s political and ideological work, indicate the fact that a s