The troops of the NKVD of the USSR, the extermination battalions of the NKVD and the militia in the defense of Voronezh in 1942 – January 1943

Abstract

The article examines the activities and role of units of the NKVD troops of the USSR in the defense of Voronezh during the Great Patriotic War. In the defense of the city, units and divisions of the NKVD - internal troops, border troops, convoy troops, railway protection troops, as well as fighter battalions of the NKVD bodies in the Voronezh region and the Voronezh militia played a key role.