History of the Yakut National Military School (1926-1941)
https://doi.org/10.25587/2587-5612-2026-2-94-101
Abstract
The article is devoted to the history of the Yakut National Military School (YNM) (1926– 1941), which played a key role in the training of junior commanders and reserve Red Army soldiers for Yakutia. The work examines the history of the school’s establishment and activities, its curriculum, and its contribution to the training of military personnel from the population of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Based on archival and published sources, the article reveals the role of the YNM in strengthening the country’s defense capabilities and developing the military education system in Yakutia. The contribution of school graduates to the military conflicts of the pre-war period and to the victory in the Great Patriotic War is shown. The importance of the school for the development of the region and the formation of patriotic traditions is emphasized.
About the Author
A. I. Makarova
M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Makarova Agrafena Innokentievna – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of History, Social Science and Political Science, Faculty of History
Yakutsk
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For citations:
Makarova A.I. History of the Yakut National Military School (1926-1941). Вестник Северо-Восточного федерального университета имени М. К. Аммосова. Vestnik of North-Eastern Federal University. Серия «Общественные науки. Social science». 2026;(2):94-101. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25587/2587-5612-2026-2-94-101
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