COVERAGE OF THE QUESTION OF MORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE OF THE SOVIET TROOPS DURING THE STRUGGLE FOR KYIV IN 1943 IN SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

Анотація

The author
has attempted to assess the completeness and accuracy of scientific works of scientists as for
the coverage of the issues of moral and psychological state of the Soviet troops during the
struggle for Kyiv in 1943. Some negative factors of the socio-political situation in Ukraine
and their impact on moral and psychological state of the Red Army based on previously
closed archival sources of the Communist Party of Ukraine have been analyzed. The article
reveals the state of the research carried out by historians of the problems of mobilization,
poor attitude of local authorities towards the solution of the problems of soldires’ family
members in the Soviet rear and historical facts of manifestations of banditry, desertion,
looting, extortion of local people, thefts of food, clothing and other property have been given.