Russian War Dead Database

[Paul Reed]

I came across a reference to this in a news article. This is the URL:

http://www.obd-memorial.ru/

I am sure Alex (and maybe other) Russian members will be able to give a better translation but Google has helped give the gist of what the site is about:

the project [is about] ...the systematization of stock-taking data and documents about the killed soldiers in World War II and subsequent conflicts. the basic purpose of project [is] to make possible to millions of citizens to establish [the] fate or to find information about ... those [who were] killed or disappeared without the news of relatives and close ones, to determine the place of their burial. Within the framework of [the] project given into the Internet- [it will allow] access to near ... 8 ... million sheets of archive ... [material] more than 30 thousand passports of military zakhoroneniy. for the first time you will be able to become acquainted with the real documents, to independently conduct search ... the basic massif of documents - this of report about the losses, different documents and information about those be killed and disappeared without the news, and also description and the lists of the burials of Soviet soldiers...

[syscom_3]

I remember seeing at the "Great Patriotic War" museum in Moscow, a row of HUGE books. Each book had the names of every single Soviet war dead. Some entries were short, with just the casualties name, birth place, age, rank and date and place of death. Others had a lot more, some taking a few of paragraphs.

[Paul Reed]

Interesting, perhaps it is taken from that?

[Owen]

I thought the British "Soldiers died In The Great War" was a large piece of work but to list the Soviet War dead, what a job.

[deadb_tch]

This is a bit better translation:
May we bring your attention to project to systematize records and documents on the dead warriors in the Second World War and subsequent conflicts.

The main objective of the project - allow citizens to determine the fate of millions, or find information about their dead or missing loved ones, to determine their place of burial. The project has already been scanned and made Internet access about 9.8 million pieces of archival documents and more than 30 thousand passports of military graves. First time, you can see the actual documents, to conduct a search and investigation.

Most of the documents - reports of casualties, the various documents and information on the dead and missing, as well as descriptions and lists graves of Soviet soldiers and officers.

Work on the project is planned for 2006-2008.

It starts with the second phase of work: clarifying information on specific individuals, association records related to one person.

[Paul Reed]

Thanks Alex - I tidied up the Google version as best as I could, but Russian is not a language I know.

[AMVAS]

Originally Posted by Paul Reed

I came across a reference to this in a news article. This is the URL:

Memorial, Документы о погибших воинах.database about soldiers killed during the second world war

I am sure Alex (and maybe other) Russian members will be able to give a better translation but Google has helped give the gist of what the site is about:

This is very serious project. People are trying to name every Soviet soldier missed, or killed during WWII. It's really tremendous amount of work!!!
for some time I was in contact with their head...

Regards
Alex

[Owen]

This project will continue for many, many years.
Even nowadays more WW1 soldiers are being added to the CWGC database.
Good Luck to the people trying to do it.
I imagine it will not be completed in their lifetime.