Ukraine Military Records: Difference between revisions

Kнигa памяти украины is a Russian-language site that identifies more than 700,000 soldiers, guerrillas, partisans and underground members from Ukraine who fought and died in World War II. A typical entry shows the person’s name, year of birth, town of residence (sometimes street address), rank and branch of service, and circumstances of death.

The FamilySearch Library has a good collection of published books from which this information is extracted. Click here for the listing.

Conscription Lists[edit | edit source]

Conscription lists names of those men called up for military service. Drafting of selected groups began earlier but as of January 1, 1874, all 21-year-old males were subject to military service. Conscription occurred each year in October. Initially, the term of service was 6 years active and 9 years reserve. The length of active duty was reduced to 5 years in 1876 and then varied between 3-5 years thereafter. Deferments were granted for only sons, sole breadwinners, etc. More than 50 percent of the draftees were not inducted.

Generally these records contain the name of the draftee, birth date, religion, marital status, literacy; later lists include names of father and brothers, and the brother’s ages. They are challenging to use as lists are arranged chronologically by district. However, they serve as a census substitute for males. Records are held in the various state archives. They cover 15-40% of the total population between the years 1874-1920.

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