University community in Great Patriotic War years: fate of Rostov state university
It is discussed the functioning of one of the leading universities in the USSR during the Great Patriotic War - the Rostov State University. It is analyzed the activities of the RSU at the initial stage of the war, during the evacuation of the university in the city of Osh, Kyrgyz SSR and its re-evacuation. The article notes the contribution of the scientific staff of the University in the development and implementation of various technical and technological discoveries in the defense industry, etc. In difficult circumstances of wartime the university community was able to preserve not only the material and technical facilities, human resources, but also spiritual values.