"Volovskaya Hatin" and other crimes of the Nazi invaders in the territory of the Volovsky district of the modern Lipetsk region

in 2025, Russia celebrates a great holiday dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the liberation of the territory of our country from Nazi invaders. However, the theme of war, the history of military operations and the feat of the Soviet people, for many years will remain in the field of view of historians, local historians, since many facts are still little studied and require scientific analysis. The theme of the genocide of the civilian population in the occupied territories of the Soviet state will forever remain in the history of the Second World War of the most complex and painful, from the point of view, both scientific study and moral justification and presentation. The discovery of archival documents, the study of eyewitnesses of eyewitnesses makes it possible to objective analysis and detailed study of the tragic events of the military at a regional level, especially in the territories of a long-term German-fascist occupation, which determines the relevance of the research topic. During the Great Patriotic War, the Volovsky district was part of the Kursk region and was occupied twice-in November-December 1941 and from July 1942 to January 1943. In the course of the study, analysis of archival documents, facts of genocide in relation to civilians, executions and the application of the death penalty, and burning of people (“Volovskaya Khatyn”, organization) concentration camps for prisoners of war and civilian population, widespread plunder and destruction of material and cultural values, which contributed to an increase in mortality among the civilian civilian population. The author concludes that the genocide of the Soviet people, committed by Nazi criminals and their accomplices, is not related to any individual actions, but purposeful ideologically worked out policy, and the extraction of lessons from the history of the Nazi regime and his unleashed aggressive war is necessary to prevent falsification of the history and distorting the facts related to one of the most bloody conflicts in history humanity.

genocide, Great Patriotic War, Volovsky district, “Volovskaya Hatin”, occupation