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- Porkhov township during the Nazi occupation of 1941–1944: functioning and organisation of life in the occupied town (based on the materials of the State Archive of Pskov Region)
- Polugodin A.D. Porkhov township during the Nazi occupation of 1941–1944: functioning and organisation of life in the occupied town (based on the materials of the State Archive of Pskov Region). Vestnik of Kostroma State University, 2025, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 72–84. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2025-31-4-72-84
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2025-31-4-72-84
- УДК: 94(470) 1941/1944
- EDN: UMRCYD
- Publish date: 2025-09-12
- Annotation: Analysing a significant body of documents from the collections of the State Archives of Pskov Region, the author aims to examine the development of regional collaborationism during the Nazi occupation of Soviet territories, particularly Porkhov District of what is now Pskov Region; this issue remains understudied. The concept of «collaborationism» is defined in historical scholarship as the cooperation of a certain segment of the population with the enemy, in the interests of the enemy state and to the detriment of their own homeland. What is topical for study currently, is the administrative form of collaborationism expressed in the creation of various political entities by military administration and transfer of non-military powers to individuals of local origin. Having occupied significant areas of European Russia, in order to both facilitate the administration of the captured frontline territory and implement their criminal goals, the German command, hoping to establish itself there «seriously and permanently,» recognised the need to find a loyal segment of the population that could be granted certain powers. The so-called new local government bodies — special administrative institutions embodied in town and district councils, headmen, and local officials — were thus brought to life. What is topical for historical scholarship, is examination of functioning of township apparatus for organising life, using the example of the occupied town of Porkhov as an example; also, investigation into the nature of the relationship between the local population and civil authorities depending, in fact, upon the Nazis.
- Keywords: town of Porkhov and Porkhov district, collaborationism, town council, district council, occupation, street commissioners, prefects, trusteeship committee, burgomaster, commandant’s office.
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