V monografii na osnove arkhivnykh dannykh i opublikovannykh istochnikov vpervye v otechestvennoy istoriografii kompleksno issleduetsya istoriya prebyvaniya evakuirovannogo naseleniya v Srednem Povolzh"e v gody Velikoy Otechestvennoy voyny. Rassmatrivayutsya voprosy razmeshcheniya, sotsial"noy adaptatsii, trudovoy deyatel"nosti. S novykh pozitsiy proanalizirovany vzaimootnosheniya bezhentsev s korennym naseleniem i otsenivaetsya kharakter sotsial"no-ekonomicheskoy politiki mestnykh organov vlasti po otnosheniyu k evakuirovannym. V nauchnyy oborot vvedeny arkhivnye materialy, ranee ne privlekavshie vnimanie issledovateley. Izdanie rasschitano na studentov, aspirantov, spetsialistov po otechestvennoy istorii i kraevedeniyu, vsekh interesuyushchikhsya proshlym Rossii.