World War II: Soviet–Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War".

Soviet–Japanese War

1945 Soviet invasion of Manchukuo

The Soviet–Japanese War was a campaign of World War II that began with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria following the Soviet declaration of war against Japan on 8 August 1945. The Soviet Union and Mongolian People's Republic toppled the Japanese puppet states of Manchukuo in…

State Defense Committee

Powerful body in the Soviet government during World War II

The State Defense Committee was an extraordinary organ of state power in the Soviet Union during World War II with complete state power in the country.

Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union

After World War II there were from 560,000 to 760,000 Japanese personnel in the Soviet Union and Mongolia interned to work in labor camps as POWs. Of them, it is estimated that between 60,000 and 347,000 died in captivity.