Mission
Preserve every batyr's name
The portal in numbers
1 189 251
records of war participants from Kazakhstan
528
Heroes of the Soviet Union
5 934
archival documents
5 489
award records
1 978
front-line portraits
14
regions of Kazakhstan
Fates
726 330 records with a known fate
- Missing in action310 10943%
- Killed195 83327%
- Fate unknown145 48820%
- Died of wounds45 8796%
- Captured20 8633%
- Died postwar7 232<1%
- Returned926<1%
Where they left for the front
Birth regions with the most records
How a name reaches the portal
Archive
Draft-office lists, loss reports, award sheets.
Verification
Records from different sources are matched and namesakes told apart.
Record
Biography, awards, the unit's combat path, photos and documents.
Search
The catalogue, memory map and AI assistant help families find their relatives.
Sources
- Archive of the President of Kazakhstan
- Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan
- Regional state archives
- OBD "Memorial" and "Pamyat Naroda" (RF)
- Family collections — added by descendants
Image of the Hero of the Soviet Union "Gold Star" medal by Fdutil, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Project history
2025
The portal was launched for the 80th anniversary of Victory: a catalogue of war participants, full-text search, a memory map and document galleries.
How to help
Do you have photos, letters or documents of your ancestors? They help complete a record and tell the person's story.