Where can I find a list of Soviet soldiers from World War II?

Question

are there any websites? official books? anything?

please help me and thx

Answer 1

Only in the Soviet Union are the actual records kept and not on-line, I belong to a militaria forum and some of the guys in the Russian Medal section have been able to obtain relevant records of the soldiers, who to the medals were issued.

It expensive has you have to pay for the research to be made, which entails somebody physically looking through filling cabinets of paper records, as none of the records are on computer.
You also need to know, the number, rank, and name of the person and his Unit to help narrow down the search.

I think something like 25 million Russians men and women were in WW2 and just a list of names is not of much use, unless you are more specific.

Answer 2

They kept very poor records, especially due to the fact that they were fighting deep on their own soil and had other things to worry about. Most of the numbers are estimates. If I am indeed wrong, please show me a source, as I would stand corrected and be very impressed.

Answer 3

Good luck! The Red Army in WWII probably didn't even keep records...half of them probably didn't have weapons...and if they were killed in combat they were probably just thrown into a mass grave and forgotten

Answer 4

check with military .com and see if there is anyone around that you or your parents might know of check with the Soviet Union countries

Answer 5

You probably can't; there were several millions. You could try contacting the Russian Embassy.

Answer 6

i dont even know if they kept track after awhile. they started sending alot of the soldiers to war just to die pretty much. one step backwards and your dead according to them