ushatshchina, the edges of forests, lakes, partisan glory and labor valor.of the great patriotic war, an extensive network of underground groups was created in the area, which in the spring of 1942 transformed into partisan detachments. the most powerful detachments were located in populated areas. on the border with the polotsk region, because from the polotsk forests soldiers of the red army, prisoners of war, who escaped from a camp for prisoners of war, were emerging from encirclement, so within a year, by the summer, autumn of forty -two, partisan detachments were formed on the basis of underground detachments and the most combat-ready, the most powerful ... was called death to fascism, which later grew into the partisan brigade death to fascism, which was subsequently weakened and formed. this is the chippaev brigade and the second ushatsky brigade named after panomarenko, these two brigades of ours liberated ushachsky area, this was the date of formation of the polotsk-leper partisan zone, and the area was completely liberated, as a result , a territo