Abstract
The section shows the military, economic and spiritual contribution of Bashkiria peoples to the victory in the Great Patriotic War. Special attention is paid to the formation of national military units, feats of the countrymen — warriors, children’s memories of Ufa during the war, journalists’ theory of A.M. Matrosov’s biography.
Keywords
national-military connection, the 112th cavalry division, feat, heroes of the rear, Ufa military