Internet and history: Websites of the Ministry of Defence of Russia, dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, were enriched with new data

ELAR Corporation commissioned by the Ministry of Defence of Russia completed the next stage of the commissioning records of documents of military transit points and military recruitment offices in the Ministry of Defence of Russia data banks: the portal "Memory of Nation" and the website HBS "Memorial" contain now more than 3 million records.

"During 2015 it has been applied to modern maps the information on 15 million records about the fate, the primary areas of origin and graves. Permission for more than 250 thousand documents clarifying loss. It was added 6 million records about the awards for the defense, and the liberation of the taking of cities and territories. As a result of the digitization roots of affairs was revealed 500 thousand. Information about non-delivery awards of heroes of the history of the exploits. 12.5 million records were supplemented by place and date of that feat. Data and documents of "Memory of the people" are also available in the "Memorial" websites and "The feat of the people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" Respectively", - commented on the results of the current Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, Army General Dmitry Bulgakov.   

He recalled that the portal "Memory of Nation" was opened exactly a year ago to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. At the heart of the Ministry of Defence of Russia’s project is the use of new IT-based tools united "Memorial" data banks "Feat of people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", as well as the digitization and publication in open access of new archive documents and data.

By combining the resources users are looking for information consolidated using intelligent search engine tool. The portal system "Memory of Nation" automatically displays a collection of similar data about war party awarding the exploits, the place of death or burial. Moreover, users can now see all the way to combat the war party. Places appeal, participate in combat operations, military and transit point, the dislocation of military units marked on a modern map, the correlation of the cards during the war. The portal is now more than 100 000 original maps of hostilities. Tracking the path of combat soldier or officer on the map, the user can explore the history of the military operations of specific units in the details - the portal system automatically displays a selection of fighting magazines and operational management documents. The portal has published more than 425 thousand. Documents of armies and fronts on 216 military operations are published. Developer of the resources recreated the structure of the Red Army on a particular date.

The portal can be accessed from the list of those who call in some military office, find out how fellow crossed the road battles. Data found users can save in the "personal archive". "Personal Archive" can be supplemented with documents, photos, letters - all that is stored in the archives of the house, and then access it with any electronic device.