simidovich shpelevoy, shpelevoy’s father, mitrofan.ught up only at the moment when a car roared under their very noses. it accelerated and crashed into the gates of the garrison; the occupiers, who were on vacation at that moment , jumped out of the barracks in their underwear. bullets from our soldiers. little remains of the drazen garrison. it was difficult for those who had not fought to imagine how savvy volunteers survived in impenetrable forests and swamps during the great patriotic war. the successes of the people's avengers in combat activities largely depended on living conditions. quite a few girls joined the squads. they worked in partisan hospitals, as messengers, as birth attendants, as scouts, and at the same time they also provided life for their fighting brothers, prepared food and washed clothes. in the history of the partisan movement in belarus during the years our belarusian women made a worthy contribution to the great patriotic war. there were wonderful scouts among them, the shpilevo detachment was no exception,