Parisan Vasily Biryukov told in his memoirs to prepare saboteurs at the initial stage of the Great Patriotic War. “Lenta.ru” leads passages from previously not published memories of Biryukov, who was a colleague Zoe Kosmodemyanskaya.
At the beginning of the war, the military unit of 9903 appeared in the Red Army. Volunteers from among civilian youth and military personnel were gaining an intelligence and divergent organization.
Before serving in the Department of Biryukov, seven combat departures as a navigator as part of the 313rd separate intelligence aviation regiment.
The situation in the Moscow direction required operational actions, therefore there was no time to prepare. Future partisans for six days prepared for sabotage activities. Cadets taught the receptions of sambo, a subruptive case, prepared for arson of warehouses. After preparation, the group was sent to the first task.
A group of saboteurs successfully burned the bridge across the Proven River and mined the road on the path of the German column. The enemy lost 19 people in the arranged ambush partisans. The saboteurs lost one colleague due to an accident. The operation of the detachment was recognized as successful.
In May FSB of Russia unveiled documents on the participation of prisoners in special operations at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. The group acted in Finland and the northern part of Norway.