The use of pre-war period combat experience in the Red Army Railway Troops’ Officer Corps training (1937–1941)
https://doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2020-25-187-170-178
EDN: rchyuq
Abstract
We consider the issues of organization of Red Army Railway Troops’ Officer Corps training prior to the Great Patriotic War. The relevance of the study comes from insufficient knowledge of military personnel training for Military communication service’s units and Special Railway Troops’ Corps. We study the combat experience and other related factors that have influenced the activities of military educational institutions and military administration in military personnel training. Features of using the various military conflicts’ combat experience in the training process are revealed. Drawbacks in Officer Corps’s training are described in detail. We note the insufficient level of practical training of graduates of railway troops military educational institutions and the separation of learning theory from the troops activities. We draw conclusion about the limitations in combat experience education as one of the reasons for the insufficient level of combat readiness in the pre-war period.
About the Authors
A. P. Volkov
Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander P. Volkov, Doctor of History, Professor, Head of History Department.
14 Bolshaya Sadovaya St., Moscow 123001, Russian Federation
D. S. Lapay
Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Denis S. Lapay, Adjunct.
14 Bolshaya Sadovaya St., Moscow 123001, Russian Federation
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Volkov A.P., Lapay D.S. The use of pre-war period combat experience in the Red Army Railway Troops’ Officer Corps training (1937–1941). Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities. 2020;25(187):170-178. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2020-25-187-170-178. EDN: rchyuq
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