L.G. Skvortsova
The Main Problems of Personnel Record of Fatal Casualties during the Great Patriotic War
The research considers problems of drawing up casualty list during the years of the Great Patriotic War. It presents the analysis of the main orders and documents adopted by the Peoples' Commissar of Defense of the USSR and the State Defense Committee of the USSR aimed at regulation of the record of the war casualties.
Key words: Great Patriotic War, USSR, Red Army, State Defense Committee of the USSR, servicemen, Red Army soldier's book, casualties, personal record of casualties.