Social policy in Yakutia during the Great Patriotic War
The author traces the most significant aspects of the demographic history of Yakutia during the Great Patriotic War. The size, composition and the natural movement (mortality, fertility) of the population is analyzed based on new archival sources. The article reveals some aspects of error management of the country and the Yakut Autonomous Republic in the socio-economic sphere leading to heavy losses on the civilian population of the Yakut distant rear