The Institute of Philosophy, Literature and History was established in 1931 as a result of the allocation of the humanities faculties of Moscow State University to a separate educational institution.

Since the beginning of the war, a large number of students and teachers of the Ordzhonikidze Moscow Geological Exploration Institute have left to the front and to work in the rear, they became members of the people’s militia.

This is evidenced by the lists of militia members preserved in the archives. Among the militia were students, teachers, employees of the Moscow Architectural Institute, many of whom fell during the fighting. In memory of them a monument has been erected on the territory of the Moscow Architectural Institute about their feat.

The rank and file, junior staff, 50% of platoon commanders, up to 40% of company commanders, medical staff and the entire political staff were recruited from workers, employees and students of the districts. The rest of the commanding staff was completed at the expense of the Red Army personnel.

The monument to the teachers, staff and students of the Plekhanov Moscow Institute of National Economy, who died during the Great Patriotic War

The formation of the militia took place on a voluntary basis. It was planned that each of the 25 districts of the capital that existed at that time should form its own division of the people’s militia. By July 7, 1941, it was required to form 12 divisions in the capital. The age limit of…

Thousands of people, who for various reasons were not subject to mobilization, demanded immediate dispatch to the front in order to personally take part in the armed struggle against the enemy.

During the Great Patriotic War, this building housed a hospital for wounded soldiers of the Soviet Army.

The 21st Moscow Rifle Division of the People’s Militia of the Kievskiy district formed from July 3 to July 6, 1941.