The "Book of Memory of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast" (also published under the title "Book of Memory of Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky) Oblast") is a multi-volume documentary publication dedicated to residents of Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky) Oblast who were killed or went missing during the The Great Patriotic War. Exact dates for the start and completion of publication are not given in the available sources, but the existence of several numbered volumes itself attests to systematic work carried out over a number of years.
Composition and contents
The publication came out in volumes, each covering individual districts of the oblast. Known volumes include volume 6, devoted to material on Voskresensky District, as well as volumes 14 and 16, which include information on the Avtozavodsky District of Nizhny Novgorod. Each volume contains name lists of natives of the corresponding territory who were killed, died of wounds, or went missing.
Use in local history research
The Book of Memory is actively used by researchers reconstructing the biographies of fallen soldiers. For instance, while preparing the research complex "Military Memorial of the Workers' Settlement of Voskresenskoye-on-the-Vetluga," local historian V. N. Nefyodov used the sixth volume of the publication together with the databases of Memorial))))", "Feat of the People" ("Podvig Naroda"), and materials from the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. When researching the Staro-Avtozavodskoye fraternal military burial ground, V. N. Nefyodov and I. V. Nefyodov consulted volumes 14 and 16 together with hospital death record cards, alphabetical registers of evacuation hospitals, and data from the electronic databases "Memory of the People" ("Pamyat Naroda") and "Feat of the People" ("Podvig Naroda").
Sources
Materials used from articles (2)
Staro-Avtozavodskoe Brothers' Military Burial, War Memorial of the Voskresenkoye-on-Vetluga Urban-Type Settlement