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Evacuation in the Soviet Union was the mass migration of western Soviet citizens and its industries eastward as a result of Operation Barbarossa, the German military invasion of June 1941.RowJay 02:37, 16 April 2018 (UTC) Nearly sixteen million Soviet civiliansand over 1,500 large factories were moved to areas in the middle or eastern part of the country by the end of 1941. Along with the eastern exodus of civilians and industries, other unintended consequences of the German advances saw the execution of previously held western state civilians by Soviet NKVD units, the removal of Lenin's body from Moscow to Tyumen, and the movement of the Hermitage Museum collection that was evacuated to Sverdlovsk. Kuybyshev was the alternative capital of the Soviet Union 1941-1943. Novosibirsk received more than 140,000 refugees and many factories. Despite early German successes in seizing control of large swaths of the western USSR throughout 1941-1942, Soviet industries would eventually outpace the Germans in arms production as 73000 tanks, 82000 aircraft and nearly 324,000 artillery pieces would be dispersed throughout the Red Army.

Evacuation in the Soviet Union was the mass exodus of Soviet citizens and industry as a result of the German invasion in 1941.Rowland J, 23:06, 31 March 2018 (UTC) Over sixteen million Soviet civilians were evacuated. along with 1,523 factories that were of high importance for the Soviet military. Prisoners were evacuated with many being massacred. Lenin's body was moved to Tyumen. Part of Hermitage Museum collection was evacuated to Sverdlovsk. Kuybyshev was the alternative capital of the Soviet Union 1941-1943. Novosibirsk received more than 140,000 refugees and many factories.

I am reviewing the Wikipedia article, Barrier Troops, that are located behind front-line troops during combat. The most outrageous use of these rear guard units are the accusations and stories related to the Soviet Union and their sole use for using barrier troops was for intimidation and killing of front-line combat troops who ran or deserted the action of battle. This article has four paragraphs consisting of Barrier Troops, Early history, Barrier Troops in the Red Army, and In fiction. Barrier troops in the Red Army, the third paragraph, has the most content out of the four. I believe this would be considered content gap because of the lack of information about these rear guard troops between the Napoleonic War up to World War II. Rated as a C in the Wikiproject grading scale, the article lacks good sentence structure, content on the subject, and lack of citations. Though I am still in the process of researching the few sources that it did contain, I want to stay with this article to find more content to add. This is a very interesting subject to me showcasing Stalinism militarily, for we have studied the social, economic, and political areas of his reign. Barrier troops, most notoriously from the Red Army, peaked worldwide interest as the movie Enemy At The Gates came to movie theatres in 2001. With many Soviet files being lost or destroyed, and some actions of these troops becoming only a myth, this is a very important subject that needs to be correct and without bias.

Edits that I have made so far are three "citation needed" labels, mostly coming from the second paragraph, Early history. This same paragraph is also the subject of my first post on the talk page and the first talk edit since 2016, questioning if this paragraph should be temporarily deleted due to lack of content and no citations or references. This paragraph talks of the Napoleonic War and their barrier troop usage which I personally don't believe it should be a part of the article, but I am sure evidence of early use will eventually be found. I made one more edit adding the full name of Aleksandr Vasilevsky, a Soviet commander involved in the usage of the troops. I felt that since this was the first time the reader sees that name in the article, it should include the first.

Other Notes For Possible Edits - Spruce up the Introduction Paragraph - Include other roles that barrier troops were used for outside of just desertion containment and intimidation? If any? - Barrier Troops in American Military History? - Clean up the Red Army barrier troops paragraph, checking sources - No noticeable bias, but check overrepresentation of info in the third paragraph

Test, can you see this? Did I do this right?

Just like in the article Alexander suggested we look at, I feel we should use the term blocking detachments, the ASU librarian suggested to use that term as well when looking for articles.~(Jose Cantu)

Hello all, I do believe I have found out how to access this now!!! ~(Alexander Fancher)