Participants of the partisan movement in Belarus – leaders of the BSSR and the USSR in the 1950s–1970s

Vasily Zakharovich KORZH (1899-1967)

Personnel record of V.Z. Korzh. 29 November 1949. Autograph on printed form. (NARB, f. 4p, op. 106, d. 900, l. 2-3 ob.)
Autobiography of V.Z. Korzh. 29 November 1949. Autograph on printed form. (NARB, f. 4p, op. 106, d. 900, l. 4-5 ob.)
Major General V.Z. Korzh – one of the first organizers of partisan units in Belarus (28 June 1941), commander of Pinsk Region Partisan Formation. 1943. Photo. Copy. (BGAMLI, f. 301, op. 1, d. 156, l. 8)
V.Z. Korzh. 1943. Portrait by E.E. Krasovsky. Paper, pencil. (BGAMLI, f. 209, op. 2, d. 24, l. 3)
Major General V.Z. Korzh. [1943-1944]. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 1-12818)
General Major V.Z. Korzh inspects combat drills in the Chapaev Partisan Detachment, Pinsk Region Formation. [1943-1944]. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-72015)
Commander of Sokoly Partisan Detachment, Baranovichi Region K.P. Orlovsky (right) sees off V.Z. Korzh to go behind the enemy lines. 1943. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-108509)
Commander of Pinsk Region Partisan Formation, Major General V.Z. Korzh among the staff officers. [1943-1944]. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-73224)
Report by Commander of Pinsk Region Partisan Formation V.Z. Korzh to Chief of BHPM P.Z. Kalinin on the partisan operations on enemy’s railway communications and the interaction with the Red Army troops from 30 June to 15 July 1944 (excerpts). 27 July 1944. Typescript, signed by V.Z. Korzh. (NARB, f. 4117, op. 1, d. 8, l. 49)
Commander of Pinsk Region Partisan Formation, Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General V.Z. Korzh at the parade celebrating the liberation of Pinsk and Pinsk region from the Nazi occupiers. 10 August 1944. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-73165)
V.Z. Korzh talks with residents of Soligorsk district. 1955. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-108519)
V.Z. Korzh with the irrigators at the Dvina Canal. 1955. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-108524)
Activities of the chairman of the collective farm «The partisan land» V.Z. Korzh. Fragment from the film «On Belarusian soil». Directors V. Streltsov, L. Matusevich. Film record. 1957. Belarusian language. Duration 50 sec. (BGAKFFD, № 661)
V.Z. Korzh talks with farmers at the collective farm «The partisan land». 1959. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-108528)
Young Pioneer members meet with V.Z. Korzh, former commander of Pinsk Region Partisan Formation, Hero of the Soviet Union, chairman of the collective farm «The partisan land». Fragment from the newsreel «A Pioneer of Belarus». Director S. Frid. Film record. 1960. Belarusian language. Duration 1 min. 29 sec. (BGAKFFD, № 948)
Former partisans: Commander of Pinsk Region Partisan Formation, Hero of the Soviet Union V.Z. Korzh (in center), Secretary of Pinsk Underground CP(b)B Regional Committee, Hero of the Soviet Union A.E. Kleshchev (left) and Chief of Staff of Belostok Partisan Formation F.F. Kapusta (right) – at the site of former battles. Photo. 1961. (BGAKFFD, 0-103280)
Personal reference for V.Z. Korzh – chairman of the collective farm «The partisan land» in Luninets district, Brest region. 3 July 1963. Typescript. (NARB, f. 4p, op. 106, d. 900, l. 7)
V.Z. Korzh is seen off into retirement. 1964. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-108531)
V.Z. Korzh (in center) among his fellow soldiers. [Before 1967]. Photo. (BGAMLI, f. 201, op. 2, d. 424, l. 5)
M. Shibolov «V.Z. Korzh» Front cover and booklet. 1971. Photocopy. Printed document. (BGAMLI, f. 201, op. 2, d. 482, l. 2, 4)
Letters from former partisan, Major General E.B. Nordman to writer S.I. Grakhovsky with the assessment of Korzh’s activities during the war. [1971-1976]. Autograph, typescript, signed by E.B. Nordman. (BGAMLI, f. 201, op. 2, d. 424, l. 1-3, 6)
Newspaper extracts and lists of literature used by S.I. Grakhovsky in writing a novel about V.Z. Korzh [«Seyatel dobra i gneva»] = «Surovaya dobrota». [1971-1977]. Autograph, typescript. (BGAMLI, f. 201, op. 2, d. 481, l. 1-5)
Letter from Politizdat Publishing House to S.I. Grakhovsky concerning his novel about V.Z. Korzh. 25 December 1972, 30 January 1974. Typescript on printed form. (BGAMLI, f. 201, op. 2, d. 451, l. 1, 6-9)
S.I. Grakhovsky [«Seyatel dobra i gneva»] = «Lesnoi general». Plans of the documentary essay about V.Z. Korzh. 29 January 1973. Typescript. (BGAMLI, f. 201, op. 2, d. 173, l. 1-4)
Letter from S.I. Grakhovsky to Politizdat Publishing House concerning the corrections to the manuscript novel about V.Z. Korzh. 25 March 1974. Copy. Typescript. (BGAMLI, f. 201, op. 2, d. 450, l. 1-4)
Literary script for the film «Tretiego ne dano» dedicated to V.Z. Korzh (director I. Dobrolyubov). 1978. Typescript. (BGAMLI, f. 112, op. 3, d.160, l. 1-8)
Editor’s script for the film «Tretiego ne dano» dedicated to V.Z. Korzh (director I. Dobrolyubov, script authors I. Bolgarin, O. Osipenko, M. Pyatigorskaya). 1979. Typescript. (BGAMLI, f. 112, op. 3, d. 161, l. 2, 4, 6 ob.-8, 188 ob.-191)
Music score by I.M. Luchenok for the film «Tretiego ne dano» dedicated to V.Z. Korzh (director I. Dobrolyubov) (fragments). 1980. Autograph. (BGAMLI, f. 112, op. 3, d. 167, l. 11, 18, 28, 36)
Photo album of actors who auditioned for the role of V.Z. Korzh in the film «Tretiego ne dano» (director I. Dobrolyubov). 1980. Photos. (BGAMLI, f. 112, op. 3, d. 168, l. 1-4)
Story about V.Z. Korzh by his daughter Z.V. Korzh. Sound record from the collection of N. Dubrovsky. 1996. Duration 5 min. 30 sec. (BGAKFFD, № 181-593)
Street named after V.Z. Korzh. Minsk. 2015. Photo. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents on the partisans – leaders of BSSR and USSR)