this is how the future commander of the kalinin partisan brigade, leonid soroko, ended up in one of them. leonid iosifovichs born in 1919, an ancient crooked village of the former zaslavsky, and now minsk region. in october 1939, leonid was drafted into the red army. he received baptism of fire near moscow in 1941, then he studied at a special intelligence school. at the end of september 1942, soroka and his mother alexandra gorkova, on instructions from the headquarters, was parachuted into the area of ​​the village of crossroads. with the partisans, and already in october 1942, he became their commander. in a short time, soroko was able to organize a combat-ready partisan detachment. they operated in the rudinsky, pukhovichi and minsk regions, organized ambushes and sabotage on highways and railways, and destroyed several fortified ones. the partisan detachment of the kolinin estates, led by leonid sorokov, in the year from december forty-two to forty-third, december, it increased by 10 once. when leonid iosifovich soroka accepted fighters of thirty people, a group of partisans, it grew to 300 people. la

leonid iosifovich soroko was born in 1919 in the village of crooked village of the former zaslavsky, now minsk region. in october 1939, leonid was drafted into the red army. received baptism of fire near moscow in 1941. then he studied at a special intelligence school. at the end of september 1940, soroka, together with his family member alexandra gorkova, on instructions from the headquarters, were parachuted into the area of ​​​​the village of rasputye to the military rudensky district. they landed by parachute and met with partisans, and already in october 1942 he became their commander. in a short time, soroko was able to organize a combat-ready partisan detachment. they operated in the rudinsky, pukhovichi, and minsk regions, organized ambushes and sabotage on highways and railways, and defeated several fortified enemy garrisons. the partisan detachment named after kalinin, led by leonid soroko, uh, in the year from december 1942 to 1943, december, it increased 10 times when leonid iosifovich soroka accepted - fighters of 30 people, a group of partisans, it grew to 300 people. s