title: Participation of Soviet Aviation in the Rostov Offensive Operation (January – February 1943)
abstract: Introduction. The article is devoted to the study of the combat work of the Soviet aviation during the Rostov offensive operation in January – February 1943, summing up the results of air battles and identifying the reasons that influenced the effectiveness of the Soviet aviation. This page of history still retains many gaps, one of which is the lack of a comprehensive study of the issues of the incompleteness of this operation. The study of the problem posed will reveal the main reason for the 
journal: Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija