Taganrog resistance movement

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Taganrog underground resistance movement
Dates of operation1941-1943
Active regionsAxis-occupied Taganrog, its suburbs and neighboring villages
IdeologyCommunism
Size500
Part ofSoviet partisans
AlliesAllied powers, Soviet Union
OpponentsAxis powers

Taganrog underground resistance movement was an Antifascist underground group of young Komsomol members acting in occupied Taganrog in 1941-1943.

History

In November 1941,

Semion Morozov and Vasily Afonov organized an underground resistance group, which consisted mainly of young Komsomol members.[1]

As of early December 1941 only 11 young people were members of the Taganrog resistance movement, while in early 1943 more than 500 people who were divided into 27 partisan groups acted against occupation forces in Taganrog.

On February 18, 1943 were arrested

firing squad was carried out on July 12, 1943.[2]

In 1965-1966, 126 members of the Taganrog underground resistance movement were awarded with orders and medals, the Commissar of the Taganrog's underground

Semion Morozov was posthumously made Hero of the Soviet Union, the leader of the partisan group Vasily Afonov was posthumously awarded with an Order of Lenin.[3]

Major resistance operations

Remembrance

Monument to the resistance in Chekhov Gymnasium.

The monument "Oath of the Youth" (Russian: "Клятва юности") to heroes of the Taganrog resistance movement was inaugurated on August 30, 1973 on Spartakovski pereulok, in front of the Chekhov Gymnasium.

Trivia

Apart from the group of young people led by Afonin and Morozov, in Taganrog acted at least 2 Soviet partisans groups organized by NKVD before the Soviet troops left the city. The members of the groups acted separately and were not permitted to go into contact.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Волошин В., Ратник В."Вчера была война. Таганрог в годы немецко-фашистской оккупации. Таганрог, "Лукоморье", 2008
  2. ^ "Таганрогское антифашистское подполье 1941 - 1943 гг". Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  3. ^ Лебедева Марина Сохраним ли дом Турубаровых // Время Таганрога. - 19.03/2011