Idel-Ural (Legion)
A Volgatartar soldier in Wehrmacht uniform
A Tatar unit marched past German officers
Emblem of the Idel-Ural Legion (also known as the Volga Tatar Legion)
history
The Legion Idel-Ural (also known as the Volga-Tartar Legion ) was set up by the German Wehrmacht in 1942 from representatives of Turkic peoples in the Soviet Union . A total of around 40,000 people served in the Legion in several battalions . On February 23, 1943 almost the entire 825 battalion (approx. 900 people) defected to the partisans near Vitebsk . Many of them fell victim to the Stalinist purges .
One of the best-known representatives of the resistance against the Germans within the Idel-Ural Legion was the Tatar poet Musa Cälil .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Almost half of them went over to the partisans". May 7, 2020, accessed June 2, 2020 .