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Partisan zones in Vitebsk Region
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| Artillerymen of the 1st Belarusian Partisan Brigade fire
at the enemy. [1942-1944]. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-71233) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| Radio operator N. Afanasyev of the Partisan Brigade “Neulovimye”
(The Elusive) communicates with the “Main Land”. [1942-1943]. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-87298) |
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| Partisan Brigade “Neulovimye”
(The Elusive) during redeployment. [1942-1944]. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-87305) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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.) |
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| 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.) |
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| 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.) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| At the underground printing shop of the Lepel newspaper “Kalgasnaya
prauda”. [1942-1944]. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-25218) |
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| Repair of weapons at the Chapaev Partisan Brigade in the
village of Ushachi. 1943. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-87288) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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.) |
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| 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) |
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| 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.) |
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| 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) |
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| 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.) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| Fragments of the newsreel “Operation “Zvyozdochka”
(A Little Star): partisans transport the children of the Polotsk orphanage
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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) |
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| Civilian residents
build anti-tank trenches in the Polotsk-Lepel Partisan Zone. [1943-1944]. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-72891) |
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| 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) |
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| Young partisans Petya Zyazyulkin, Sasha Kondratenko,
Fedya Klimovich, Vanya Gvozdev, Vasya Solovyanov. [1943-1944]. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-70357) |
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| Evacuation of a wounded partisan to the Soviet rear area. [1943-1944]. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-100249) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| Members of the 4th Battalion commanded by Kh. Bzykov of
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Smolensk Partisan Regiment in a fire fight with the occupiers in Ushachi district. April 1944. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-72006) |
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| 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) |
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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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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.) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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.) |
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| Partisans dismantle railroad tracks in the area of Orsha. 1943. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-33990) |
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| 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) |
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| 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.) |
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| 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) |
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| 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.) |
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