Editing Labor army (section)

==Later Soviet Union==
During World War II certain categories of population, primarily [[History of Germans in Russia and the Soviet Union|ethnic Germans]], were conscripted into [[NKVD labor columns]], in later literature informally referred to as "labor army".

Until the last days of the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Soviet Army]] incorporated the idea of the labor army. With obligatory military duty in the state, men deemed unfit for regular military duty but not unfit for other work, as well as many able-bodied ones, were assigned to ''[[construction battalion (Soviet Union)|construction battalion]]s'' (стройбаты). This tradition continues in a number of [[post-Soviet states]], notably [[Russia]], [[Belarus]] and [[Turkmenistan]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title=Туркменские солдаты хотят в "дубайские роты" {{!}} DW {{!}} 04.02.2010|url=https://www.dw.com/ru/%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B-%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8F%D1%82-%D0%B2-%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B/a-5215423|access-date=2020-08-01|website=DW.COM|language=ru}}</ref>