The collection contains documents from the funds of the KOGKU "State Archive of the Socio-Political History of the Kirov Region," telling about the life of the Kirov region during the Great Patriotic War from January to December 1942. These documents, either published for the first time, or for the first time presented in full, provide a real opportunity to objectively present all aspects of the life of Kirov residents in this difficult and heroic time.