Fonds of the higher Party, Komsomol and Military bodies at the head of the struggle against the Occupation

National Archives of the Republic of Belarus (NARB)

Fond of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (of Bolsheviks) of Belarus
NARB, fond 4, 102 202 items, 1918 – 1991

Resolutions, orders, directives, returns, reports, telephone messages and other documents of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (of Bolsheviks), the Central Committee of the Communist Party (of Bolsheviks) of Belarus, the Soviet of People’s Commissars of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Soviet of People’s Commissars of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic, people’s commissariats, the Central Headquarters of Partisan Movement, the Belarusian Headquarters of Partisan Movement, the party committees, the leading party, komsomol and soviet officials about the development of partisan movement, struggle against Nazi invaders, activities of the German army at the front, measures taken by the German command against partisans. Documents about the condition in the occupied regions and at the front, evacuation of the population, mobilization to the Red Army, assignments of servicemen, the underground komsomol, party and intelligence activities. Documentary materials concerning Nazi crimes, activities of anti-Soviet and nationalistic forces, the Polish underground and armed detachments, about payment of money allowances to the partisans’ families. Minutes of the party and komsomol bureaus, party and komsomol underground organizations, meetings of the party officials and partisan commanders; transcripts of interrogations of persons who were in captivity or encirclement, interrogations of the German prisoners of war. Orders of the partisan command on party, komsomol and combat activities, orders to the operational and sabotage groups forwarded behind the enemy’s line, plans of combat operations. Dispatches, reports, certificates, correspondence of the command for political propaganda in Western Military District, commanders and commissars of the Operational Training Center, members of military councils and intelligence departments about the condition behind the enemy’s line, public mood in occupied regions, drilling of the sabotage groups, about partisans’ arms, and more. Dispatches of special groups sent to the temporarily occupied zones, radiograms of the underground organizations and partisans, operational and intelligence reports. Special reports on the German aviation attacks, maps of dislocation of the partisan formations and sabotage groups. Information about the number and structure of the party organizations, dislocation of the underground bodies, information about killed, injured and captive partisans, crimes of Nazi invaders. Lists, record cards and record files of the partisan formations. Lists of party organizations in partisan formations, communists sent for underground work, listeners of the Belarusian School of Partisan Personnel Training. Letters addressed to P.K. Ponomarenko. Personal and certifying cards of the partisan commanders. References and biographies-legends of the sabotage groups’ personnel. Work diaries of the central, regional, district party committees and partisan commanders. Notebook of P.K. Ponomarenko. Ciphers and speaking codes of the Party members, Central Committee commissioners and partisan commanders. Greeting letters of the partisans to the BSSR Supreme Soviet sessions. Manuscript memoirs of the partisans and underground members. Translations of captured documents. Registers of combat actions.

Fond of the Central Committee of the Lenin’s Young Communist League of Belarus
NARB, fond 63, 18 362 items, 1918 – 1993 

Resolutions, transcripts, minutes. Resolutions on the komsomol organizations in the partisan formations. Working plans of the komsomol organizations. Reports, certificates. Dispatches and letters of the party and komsomol secretaries and officials to the higher bodies on the partisan movement, combat, propaganda, educational and training activities of the komsomol organizations. Propaganda leaflets. Wall newspapers and combat sheets of the partisan detachments. Programmes of the leading personnel training. Certificates, references and record cards of the komsomol members sent behind the enemy’s line. Lists, personal files, biographical particulars, autobiographies and references of the komsomol officials. Awarding sheets for Partisans and Komsomol members. Applications for Komsomol membership. References to persons applied for Party membership.

Fond of the Belarusian Headquarters of Partisan Movement
NARB, fond 3500, 10 619 items, 1941 – 1992

Resolutions and instructions of the CC CP(B)B, orders of the People’s Commissar for Defence, BHPM chiefs,  partisan commanders on the partisan movement, underground activities, combat and sabotage operations. Plans of the party, political and educational activities, combat and sabotage operations, cooperation of the partisan formations with the Red Army troops; reports on their fulfillment. Information sheets, reports, dispatches, correspondence with the party organizations, military command and partisan formations about the standing in partisan movement, activities of the BHPM sub-units, representatives, commissioners and special departments, activities of the partisan formations and sabotage groups; about intelligence, counter-intelligence, operational, party, komsomol, personnel and propaganda work; separate combat operations and acts of sabotage, preparation of intelligence and sabotage groups;  about the number, composition and expenditure of arms, ammunition and foodstuffs; aviation and medical service,  results of bombing and aviation attacks, combat situation; dislocation and combat operations of enemy troops; about numerical strength, moral state and losses of the partisan personnel, recommendations for the  government awards and military ranks; preparation for winter; search and evacuation of the partisan families, making of partisan documents; formation and disbandment of the brigades, regiments and detachments; about finance and economic activities, technical provision, organization of secret record administration. Intelligence information, operational and political reports, combat assignments, agents’ dispatches, radiograms,  special reports on investigation work of the special groups. Documents on the fascists’ crimes in the occupied territories. Information about the partisan formations, which were behind the enemy’s line, about activities of the Polish armed underground and combat detachments. Analitical surveys, information on the collaboration organizations. Lists of the partisan detachments and underground Soviet, party and komsomol bodies; the detachments and groups sent behind the enemy’s line; commanders, commissars, headquarters’ chiefs, partisan unit personnel, underground organizations, special schools, action battalions, killed and injured partisans; the persons put down for allowances in partisan detachments; the persons sent for service in the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army; the partisan families evacuated into the Soviet rear; medical workers, agents, foreigners, aviation sites, deserters, POW, the persons shot for parricide and espionage, anti-Soviet elements, captured material. Investigation files, transcripts of interrogation of the POW, eye-witnesses, persons accused and suspected, sentences. Personal files, biographical particulars, references of the BHPM, command, partisan unit men, intelligence officers, radio operators, messengers and agents. Personal accounts and registration sheets of the partisan personnel. Historical information (“histories”) on the partisan formations. Manuscript memoirs and autobiographies of the partisans.  Description of the combat operations, diaries of the commanders, records of interviews with the partisans. Plans and maps of the combat operations and dislocation of the partisan formations; layouts of fortifications and bridges; maps of cities and towns; communication schemes, reports on radio communication state; ciphers, lists of aviation signals. Programs of training the agents for forwarding them behind the enemy’s line. Copies of reports for the Soviet Information Bureau. Captured documents and their translations. Enemy’s leaflets and newspapers. Awarding sheets, personal papers of the partisans (passports, education and birth certificates, work-books, driving  licenses, Party-membership cards, and more). Copies of the certificates given to the families of the killed partisans. Registers of combat operations, lists of detachments and brigades, finance and other documents. Registers of radiograms and secret documents. Applications and invoices for arms, ammunition, transport, fuel, uniform and foodstuffs. Waybills and record books of the consignment, receipt and expenditure of medicines, medical tools, arms, ammunition, foodstuffs and topographical maps. Technical documentation on the arms’ prototypes. Finance records.   

Fonds of the Commissioners of the CHPM, CC CP(B)B, BHPM, CC LYCLB
NARB, 1942 – 1947

Commissioner of the CHPM under the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and the CC CP(B)B in the Baranovichi region – fond 3601, 54 items,1942-1944
Commissioner of the CC CP(B)B and BHPM in the Ivenets inter-district party center of the Baranovichi region  – fond 3602, 12 items, 1942-1944
Commissioner of the CC CP(B)B and BHPM in the Stolbtsy inter-district party center of the Baranovichi region – fond 3608, 12 items, 1942-1944
Commissioner of the CC CP(B)B and BHPM in the Shchuchin inter-district party center of the Baranovichi region – fond 3612, 10 items, 1943-1944
Commissioner of the CC CP(B)B and BHPM in the Brest region – fond 3660, 25 items, 1943-1947
Commissioner of the CC CP(B)B and BHPM in the Vileika region – fond 3773, 3 items, 1943-1944
Commissioner of the CC CP(B)B and BHPM in the Mogilev region – fond 4158, 12 items, 1942-1943
Commissioner of the CC LYCLB in the Mogilev region – fond 4200, 11 items, 1942-1943

Resolutions, orders and instructions of the CC CP(B)B, BHPM, LYCLB and their commissioners on the development of partisan movement. Transcripts of the POW interrogations. Plans of political and educational work of the partisan units, reports on their fulfillment. Reports on combat operations, sabotage acts, intelligence activities. Reports, dispatches and correspondence of the partisan commanders, commissars and special department chiefs on the issues of combat, sabotage and economic activities, rendering assistance in arms, ammunition, military equipment and medicines. Intelligence, information on personnel displacement, maps of combat operations, captured documents. Documents on fascists’ crimes in the occupied territories of Belarus. Lists of the partisan formations, lists of personnel of the underground regional and district committees, primary party and komsomol organizations, partisan  units, partisans recommended for the government decorations. Autobiographies of the special department officials.

Fonds of the primary party organizations of the senior leading bodies of the BSSR, their representatives and lower divisions

CC CP(B)B primary party organization—fond 175, 112 items, 1941-1980:
Minutes of the party meetings and the Party bureau sessions. Applications of communists on the issues of party studies. Sheets and receipts of the membership fee payment.

CP(B)B primary organization of the BHPM operational group on the 1st Belarusian front (military unit 68474)—fond 4428, 1 item, 1943-1944:
Minutes of the party meetings and bureau sessions. Plans of the party organization activities. Sheets of membership fee payment.

CP(B)B primary organization of the BHPM operational group on the 1st Baltic front—fond 4330, 4 items, 1942-1944:
Minutes of the party meetings and bureau sessions. Statistical returns. Theses of the meetings’ statements. Lists, autobiographies and references of the CP(B)B members and candidates to members. Correspondence with the higher party bodies on the issues of party documents’ registration and distribution. Sheets of membership fee payment.

Primary organization of the courses for the Soviet party officials under the CC CP(B)B—fond 484, 2 items, 1943:
Minutes of the party meetings and bureau sessions. Personal file of P.K. Fadeev on the admittance as the CP(B)SU member candidate.

Abbreviations:

CC CP(B)B – Central Committee of the Communist Party (of Bolsheviks) of Belarus
LYCLB – Leninist Young Communist League of Belarus (Komsomol) 
CHPM – Central Headquarters of Partisan Movement
BHPM – Belarusian Headquarters of Partisan Movement