Universal History Annotation << Back SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS: ON THE MATTER ABOUT AGGREGATE NUMBER OF THE SOVIET PRISONERS OF WAR IN 1941–1945 D.V. Perevoshchikov The article is devoted to scanty examined issue about quantity Soviet prisoners of war who were taken hostile captive during Great Patriotic war. Analyses a quantitative data extracted from archive documents. A part of the materials was introduced in a science use for the fi rst time. It is the author's opinion that a numbers presented in publications of German researches is incorrect and subject to revision. Also includes arguments confirming a presence among Soviet prisoners of war a great number of civil persons. The paper throws a light on the problem of a real quantity Soviet fighters and commanders who were taken captive. Keywords: Great Patriotic war, Soviet prisoners of war, civil population. DOI: 10.25791/vseist.02.2025.1223 Pp. 03-12.