IDENTIFICATION OF THE REMAINS OF A SOLDIER WHO DIED IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

Abstract

A series of graphic reconstructions was made based on the materials from
the military-historical expedition “Volkhovsky front. Apraksin”, which took place
in 2019 Later, the reconstructions were published on the World Wide Web. The
authors of this article received a request from Shamsutdinovaya A.R., who identified
her great-grandfather, Shamsutdinov S. Sh., in the graphic reconstruction
made on the skull of individual No. 86-1.1. The authors carried out a comparative
analysis of the photos of Shamsutdinov S. Sh. with the graphic reconstruction
and the skull No. 86-1.1. The comparison was carried out in accordance with the
algorithm of craniofacial correspondence (Balueva, Veselovskaya, 2004; Veselovskaya,
Balueva, 2012; Veselovskaya, 2018) and the method of photographic
superimposition (Medico-criminalistic identification..., 2000). The analysis
showed the correspondence of most of the considered parameters of the face and
the scientific graphic reconstruction and gave a positive result of photographic
superimposition of the face and skull images. According to the obtained data, it
was concluded that there is a high probability that the remains No. 86-1.1 belongs
to Shamsutdinov S. Sh., the probability of expert error is 0.00825 (based on modern
data), of 0.022 (based on data from 1939).