Partisan zones in Belarus in World War Two

Partisan zones in Vitebsk Region




Surazh Partisan Zone

Artillerymen of the 1st Belarusian Partisan Brigade fire at the enemy.
[1942-1944].
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-71233)
Photo
Partisan hospital at Pudot in Surazh district.
1942.
Photocopy. Photo. Vsenarodnaia borba v Belorussii protiv nemetsko-fashistskikh zakhvatchikov v gody Velikoi Otechestvennoi voiny. T. 1. Minsk, 1983.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the partisan zones)
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A partisan propagandist conducts a political conversation with local residents during field work.
Surazh district. 1942.
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-87292)
Photo
Ploughing in Surazh district.
[1942-1943].
Photocopy. Photo. Vsenarodnaia borba v Belorussii protiv nemetsko-fashistskikh zakhvatchikov v gody Velikoi Otechestvennoi voiny. T. 1. Minsk, 1983.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the partisan zones)
Photo


Rossony-Osveya Partisan Zone

Final report of the Rossony Underground CP(b)B District Committee on the propaganda and organizational work in Rossony district from 15 July 1941 to 25 November 1942 (excerpt).
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 33а, d. 260, l. 16-18)
Document
Information on the restoration of Soviet rule in the localities of Rossony district.
19 September 1942.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 33а, d. 260, l. 18)
Document
Radio operator N. Afanasyev of the Partisan Brigade “Neulovimye” (The Elusive) communicates with the “Main Land”.
[1942-1943].
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-87298)
Photo
Partisan Brigade “Neulovimye” (The Elusive) during redeployment.
[1942-1944].
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-87305)
Photo
Information to the Vitebsk Underground Komsomol Regional Committee secretary Luzgin on the state of the Komsomol youth organisation in Rossony district from 1 December 1942 to 1 January 1943.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 1380, op. 1, d. 90, l. 18)
Document
Report of the Rossony Underground CP(b)B District Committee for the period from April to December 1942.
1 January 1943.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 1336, op. 1, d. 279, l. 44-45)
Document
Resolution of the Rossony Underground CP(b)B District Committee on the spring sowing campaign.
29 March 1943.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 1336, op. 1, d. 279, l. 50-51)
Document
Political report of the 1st Drissa Partisan Brigade on the activities of partisans and occupation authorities among the local population from 1 May to 1 June 1943.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 1336, op. 1, d. 20, l. 82-82 ob.)
Document
Report of the Rossony Underground CP(b)B District Committee to the Vitebsk Underground CP(b)B Regional Committee for April – May 1943 (excerpts).
8 June 1943.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 1336, op. 1, d. 279, l. 75-75 ob., 76 ob.)
Document
Report of the Drissa Underground Komsomol District Committee on the ideological and political work among the population.
8 July 1943.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 1380, op. 1, d. 6, l. 20-20 ob.)
Document
Report of the Rossony Stalin Partisan Brigade commander P. Okhotin on the brigade’s activities (excerpts).
1943.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 33а, d. 177, l. 343, 347-360)
Document
Excerpt from the radio story “The war in the region of lakes” about combat activities in Osveya district, based on the book of the same name by Hero of the Soviet Union I. Zakharov, commander of the Frunze Partisan Brigade.
Belarusian republican radiotelecenter. Author Yu. Ermalyuk.
Sound record. Duration 9 min. 52 sec.
(BGAKFFD, 742)
Audio(mp3 18 Мb)


Polotsk-Lepel Partisan Zone

At the underground printing shop of the Lepel newspaper “Kalgasnaya prauda”.
[1942-1944].
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-25218)
Photo
Repair of weapons at the Chapaev Partisan Brigade in the village of Ushachi.
1943.
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-87288)
Photo
Fragments of the newsreel “Diversion activities by partisans in the area of Orsha, Lepel and Chashniki”: planting mines on a village road, dismantling railway tracks, mining a railroad point and bridges.
Central newsreel studio. Cameraman I. Veinerovich.
Film record. 1943.
Duration 3 min. 5 sec.
(BGAKFFD, № 747)
Film(flv 47,3 Мb)
Report of the Vitebsk CP(b)B Underground Regional Committee secretary I. Poznyakov on the participation of the population in building partisan airfields and defensive structures. 
28 February 1943.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 33а, d. 257, l. 116)
Document
Report of the Vitebsk Underground Komsomol Regional Committee on the life of children at the orphanage in Vetrino district.
5 May 1943.
Manuscript.
(NARB, f. 63p, op. 5, d. 15, l. 151-152)
Document
Report of the Vetrino Underground CP(b)B District Committee secretary D. Tyabut on the creation of a partizan zone in the district by May 1943 (excerpt).
Manuscript.
(NARB, f. 1336, op. 1, d. 216, l. 1-2)
Document
Report of the Vitebsk Underground CP(b)B Regional Committee secretary I. Poznyakov on the activities of the Polotsk-Lepel Partisan Zone from 12 May to 20 July 1943.
27 July 1943.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 1336, op. 1, d. 4, l. 29-30)
Document
Political report of the 3rd Belarusian Partisan Brigade on the preparation for harvesting.
29 July 1943.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 1450, op. 4, d. 26, l. 304-305)
Document
Report of the Beshenkovichi Underground CP(b)B District Committee secretary P. Romanov and the Partisan Brigade “For Soviet Belarus” commissar D. Padalets on mass propaganda among the local residents.
1943.
Manuscript.
(NARB, f. 1336, op. 1, d. 22, l. 23-25)
Document
Political report to the Vitebsk Underground CP(b)B Regional Committee concerning the activities of the Partisan Brigade “For Soviet Belarus” from 1 July to 1 August 1943 (excerpt).
Manuscript.
(NARB, f. 1336, op. 1, d. 22, l. 26-26 ob.)
Document
Order of the Chashniki Partisan Brigade “Dubova” for awarding with valuable gifts and officially thanking the village residents who participated in building a partisan airfield (excerpt).
4 August 1943.
Manuscript.
(NARB, f. 1403, op. 1, d. 511, l. 51)
Document
Report of the Ushachi Underground CP(b)B District Committee member I. Golik on results of work among the residents of Ushachi district from 15 to 30 September 1943.
Manuscript.
(NARB, f. 1336, op. 1, d. 358, l. 107-107 ob.)
Document
Information of the Ushachi Underground CP(b)B District Committee secretary I. Korenevsky on sabotage acts, reconnaissance, activities of partisan reserves in November 1943.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 1336, op. 1, d. 131, l. 51)
Document
Political information of the Ushachi Underground CP(b)B District Committee on the state of the partisan movement in Ushachi district from 1 October to 1 November 1943.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 33а, d. 262, l. 5-7 ob.)
Document
First secretary of the Lepel Underground CP(b)B District Committee, commander of the Lepel Stalin Partisan Brigade V. Lobanok and front-line cameraman I. Veinerovich in Ushachi. 
1943.
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-100066)
Photo
Fragments of the newsreel “Combat operations of partisans in the area of Orsha, Lepel and Chashniki”: partisans advance through the Nazi-burned village of Tserkovishche in Ushachi district; an aircraft arrives from the Soviet rear into the Partisan Brigade led by V. Lobanok.
Central newsreel studio. Cameraman O. Reizman.
Film record. 1943.
Duration 2 min. 50 sec.
(BGAKFFD, № 752)
Film (flv 43,3 Мb)
Fragments of the newsreel “Operations of the partisans commanded by V. Lobanok”: disruption of telecommunication lines by members of the Lepel Partisan Brigade named after I. Stalin; partisan commanders (V. Lobanok, T. Korolenko, А. Yarmash) discuss a forthcoming battle in the village of Beloye and send their scouts on a reconnaissance mission; Partisan Komsomol Detachment No. 13 receives the Banner of the Central Committee of the All-Union Lenininst Young Communist League.
Central newsreel studio. Cameramen O. Reizman, М. Sukhova.
Film record. [1943-1944].
Duration 3 min. 10 sec.
(BGAKFFD, № 742)
Film (flv 48,3 Мb)
Fragments of the newsreel “Operation “Zvyozdochka” (A Little Star): partisans transport the children of the Polotsk orphanage located in the village of Belchitsa to an airplane to fly into the Soviet rear.
Central newsreel studio.
Film record. [1943-1944].
Duration 2 min. 19 sec.
(BGAKFFD, № 759)
Film (flv 35,5 Мb)
Civilian residents build anti-tank trenches in the Polotsk-Lepel Partisan Zone.
[1943-1944].
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-72891)
Photo
Commander of the Lepel Partisan Brigade named after I. Stalin, Hero of the Soviet Union V. Lobanok, commander of the Korotkin Partisan Brigade V. Talakvadze and the brigade’s operational group member A. Bardadyn.
[1943-1944].
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-72922)
Photo
Young partisans Petya Zyazyulkin, Sasha Kondratenko, Fedya Klimovich, Vanya Gvozdev, Vasya Solovyanov.
[1943-1944].
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-70357)
Photo
Evacuation of a wounded partisan to the Soviet rear area.
[1943-1944].
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-100249)
Photo
Local residents in the forest during the Nazi blockade.
[1943-1944].
Photocopy. Photo. V. Lobanok. Partizany prinimayut boi. Minsk, 1976.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the partisan zones)
Photo
Local residents seek the protection of partisans during the Nazi punitive expedition.
[1943-1944].
Photocopy. Photo. V. Lobanok. Partizany Vitebshchiny v boyakh za Rodinu. Minsk, 1959. P. 165.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the partisan zones)
Photo
Launching a kite to drop leaflets on the enemy’s garrison.
[1943-1944].
Photocopy. Photo. V. Lobanok. Partizany Vitebshchiny v boyakh za Rodinu. Minsk, 1959. P. 125.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the partisan zones)
Photo
Partisan girls embroider the brigade’s banner.
[1943-1944].
Photocopy. Photo. V. Lobanok. Partizany Vitebshchiny v boyakh za Rodinu. Minsk, 1959. P. 68.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the partisan zones)
Photo
Members of the 2nd Chashniki Partisan Brigade “Dubova” on the march to fight the occupiers.
[1943-1944].
Photocopy. Photo. V. Lobanok. Partizany Vitebshchiny v boyakh za Rodinu. Minsk, 1959. P. 43.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the partisan zones)
Photo
Members of the 4th Battalion commanded by Kh. Bzykov of the Smolensk Partisan Regiment in a fire fight with the occupiers in Ushachi district.
April 1944.
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-72006)
Photo
Map “Disposition of partisan brigades in the Polotsk-Lepel Partisan Zone by 11 April 1944”.
Photocopy. Print. V. Lobanok. Partizany prinimayut boi. Minsk, 1976.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the partisan zones)
Map
Map “Defense of the Polotsk-Lepel Partisan Zone and the breaking of the blockade, 11 April – 5 May 1944”.
Photocopy. Print. V. Lobanok. Partizany prinimayut boi. Minsk, 1976.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the partisan zones)
Map
Children of the Polotsk orphanage during their transportation to the “Mainland” from the airfield in the village of Vechel.
11 April 1944.
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-72878)
Photo
Pilot A. Mamkin at the partisan airfield in the village of Vechel during the evacuation of children from the Polotsk orphanage to the “Mainland” (during the flight he saved the life of 10 children at the cost of his own).
11 April 1944.
Photos.
(BGAKFFD, 0-71532, 0-131810)
Photo
Partisans of the Danukalov Brigade (V. Blokhin  – commander of the brigade, P. Antipov – commander of the 1st battalion, P. Chernetsov – commander of the 3rd battalion, I. Kazantsev – commander of the 8th Selivanenko detachment) and two Red Army soldiers in the days when partisans of the Polotsk-Lepel Partisan Zone merged with the regular army troops.
June 1944.
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-71367)
Photo
Hero of the Soviet Union V. Lobanok (head of the operational group of the CC CP(b)B and BHPM in the Polotsk-Lepel Partisan Zone) among the partisans after they met with the Red Army troops.
Summer 1944.
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-19326)
Photo
Hero of the Soviet Union V. Lobanok, head of the operational group of the CC CP(b)B and BHPM in the Polotsk-Lepel Partisan Zone.
1944.
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-72930)
Photo
Partisan patrol in Ushachi forest.
1944.
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-100071)
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Teacher of the Polotsk orphanage V. Latko with the children rescued by the partisans.
1944.
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-72877)
Photo
Information of the Ushachi Underground CP(b)B District Committee secretary I. Korenevsky about the partisans’ assistance to the population in harvesting, the political work among the population, the participation of partisan reserves in distructing the enemy lines of communication.
No date.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 4p, op 33а, d. 262, l. 2 ob.)
Document
Information of the Chapaev Partisan Brigade on the assistance in foods and clothes provided by local residents to the partisans.
No date.
Manuscript.
(NARB, f. 1336, op. 1, d. 122, l. 43-45)
Document
Speech by Diesco Horse, commander of the special detachment of the Danukalov Partisan Brigade at the celebration of the brigade’s 30th anniversary in the town of Liozno.
Vitebsk regional radiotelecenter.
Sound record. 1972.
Duration 7 min. 28 sec.
(BGAKFFD, 681)
Audio (mp3 13,6 Мb)


Senno-Orsha Partisan Zone

Radio story “A true son of the Motherland”: reminiscences by A. Artishuk, member of the Zaslonov Partisan Brigade about the brigade’s commander and activities in 1942.
Belarusian republican radiotelecenter. Author Yu. Ermalyuk.
Sound record. 1974.
Duration 2 min. 43 sec.
(BGAKFFD, 1001)
Audio” (mp3 5 Мb)
Map of first combat raids conducted by the Zaslonov Partisan Brigade.
March – 14 November 1942.
Photocopy. Print. V. Lobanok. Partizany Vitebshchiny v boyakh za Rodinu. Minsk, 1959.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the partisan zones)
Map
Political report of the Senno Partisan Brigade on the partisans’ work among the civilian population and the measures of the occupation authorities.
1 August 1943.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 33а, d. 263, l. 6)
Document
Resolution of the Senno Underground CP(b)B District Committee on the procurement of food and clothing by the partisan brigades.
13 November 1943.
Manuscript.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 33а, d. 484, l. 275-275 ob.)
Document
Partisans dismantle railroad tracks in the area of Orsha.
1943.
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-33990)
Photo
Report of the 1st Zaslonov Partisan Brigade with a description of the combat area and the acts of sabotage committed by local residents against the occupiers.
No date.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 33а, d. 263, l. 168)
Document


Different partisan zones in Vitebsk Region

Report of military doctor E. Vereshchagina to the Vitebsk Underground CP(b)B Regional Committee.
15 May 1943.
Manuscript.
(NARB, f. 1336, op. 1, d. 127, l. 112-112 ob.)
Document
Report of the Vitebsk Underground CP(b)B Regional Committee instructor P. Shiyanov on the political work among the population.
31 August 1943.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 33а, d. 256, l. 374)
Document
Report of the Partisan Brigade named after the Lenin Komsomol Red Banner which operated in Vitebsk region on the partisans’s work among the local population.
After September 1943.
Typescript.
(NARB, f. 1380, op. 1, d. 14, l. 36 ob.)
Document