Those who have gone through the war, for example, suspect that the basis of the set of products of the Orlov consumer basket, the deputies took the norms... of the 1941 camp paying of German prisoners of war, calculated in the Narcomate of Internal Affairs under Beria’s leadership. For the sake of clarity, the newspaper provides the following data.

One German prisoner of war per month in 1941. Minimum rate for a resident of the Orlovsk region per month in 2005:

bread products - 21.6 kg / 12.6 kg;
meat and fish - 4.8 kg / 3.8 kg;
Potatoes and vegetables - 18 kg / 17.9 kg;
salt, tea, spices - 0.83 kg / 0.40 kg

The norms of nutrition of the German prisoners of war the newspaper provides in accordance with the telegrams of the General Staff, as well as the orientation of the UPVI of the NKVD of the USSR. Rules of nutrition of Orlov pensioners - according to the law "On the consumer basket in the Orlovsk region".