leonid iosifovich soroko was born in 1919 in the village of krivoe selo of the former zaslavsky, and egion, in october 1939, leonid was drafted into the red army, received baptism of fire near moscow in 1941, then studied at a special intelligence school. at the end of september 1942, soroka and his relatives. the kalininites acted together with the third minsk brigade named after budyonny. in the chronicle of the joint operations of this tandem there is a striking episode of an unusual operation of a surprise attack on the german drazhen garrison near the village of terebuty, pukhovichi district. to get closer to the germans, the column moved without unnecessary noise. the fighting vehicle was pulled by two pairs of horses, and not even a single dog responded. the germans and partisans surrounded them in a tight ring. the enemies caught up only at the moment when a car roared under their very noses. she accelerated and crashed into the gates of the garrison. the invaders, who were on vacation at that moment, jumped out of the barracks in their underwear, right under the bullets of ou