From heart to heart

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The author in days of war managing department of underground regional committee of Komsomol tells about formation of guerrilla group of V. I. Chapayev, feats of guerrillas, about death of Komsomol members underground workers of Turnaya, about the work in group of Kirov and of Novoselki.

From heart to heart

… Then I went to Kobrin district in Orlov's group. The commander and the commissioner of this group opposed to the centralized management, did not let to himself foreign people. This line proceeded also after Orlov's death. Here it was necessary to understand: whether it is fear of penetration into their ranks of provokers and spies, whether it is a position of the administration which was afraid to lose the independence.

I perfectly knew the commissioner Victor Boyko. Before war he was a political leader in frontier troops, the member of the Brest regional committee of Komsomol. The commander of group Postovalov is the person familiar too, he served in one of parts which settled down in the Brest fortress. Here therefore Sikorsky also sent me with a task to find out a position of command of group. Just in case I was given group of maintenance of ten guerrillas. I left them on the next farm and further moved with two fighters.

You will not explain it to the unfamiliar armed people who suddenly jumped out because of bushes! And those press who yes from where where you head?

- Paratroopers we, - I go on.

- I would not say that... Than you will prove?

- Here. Read.

I got the Pravda newspaper and several leaflets from a bag. Boys with greed went deep into reading.

- Our newspaper and our listovochka, - the senior from them told and began to shake hands with us hotly. - Pass them! We, however, did not hurry to leave. Began to ask on affairs of their group. I wrote down. Having said goodbye to diversionary group, we went the own way. Soon we were stopped again. It was necessary to hand over the weapon. Conduct escorted by. In an arrangement of camp we see an army order. It is felt that got to the disciplined, combat unit. In a staff - two. One of them - with two cubes on buttonholes. I recognized the political leader Victor Boyko. But he pretended that he sees me for the first time,

- Who and what for? - strictly asked the second, standing it near.

- My name is Fedor Sergeyevich, - I call myself by an underground nickname. - We came from force staff.

- What else for connection? And in general, that it is necessary for you?

- We were sent by the commander of the Brest guerrilla composition colonel Sikorsky, - I say with value. - It is necessary to unite. To be at war under the general management.

- No administration is necessary for us! - Postovalov chopped off. - And than you will prove that Sikorsky sent you? I get number "Truths", fresh on our guerrilla concepts again: the newspaper delivered by plane was week. Quickly literally pulled out the newspaper from hands, examined everything, even smelled. Post-ovals stretched to it too. Having forgotten about guests, they read "Truth" nearly to telephone numbers at the end of the fourth strip.

- Too to me "Fedor Sergeyevich", - smiled Victor broadly. - As though I do not know that you Romm, Fedor Dmitriyevich. Was the secretary of a district committee in Brest. Vasya, order to return them the weapon.

- I will return the weapon to them, and further? - Postovalov blinked the eyes.

- Meeting will be farther, - I firmly told. - You explain a situation. The force staff should issue your subordination organizationally. Then we will talk about party and Komsomol affairs.

- What fast! - Postovalov grinned. – Live at us, look narrowly. It allocated for me with fighters a dugout, and soon I was convinced that it with an ulterior motive. Post-ovals itself looked narrowly at me, studied, as they say, without lowering from me eyes. Nearby with a bored face the guerrilla with the captured submachine gun strolled, and from a staff voices reached, probably, there strong argued. I felt like the honourable captive. We were well fed, polite and precautionary, and the selected weapon was not returned.

Late at night to me came Quickly. It oars was brisk, and I understood that dispute was solved in my advantage, but showed no sign. And long your Vasya will keep us under protection? - chilly I asked.

- First, Postovalov is called not Vasya, but Ivan Petrovich. Vasily is a nickname. At us his name is Vasya Krivokolesko, Vasya tractor operator, - Victor started talking, taking seat on a block. - A sort it from the Kurgan region, went to a military college from Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant where worked. At us it is not accepted to expatiate on itself, but I knew these details from its biography in Brest. By the way, and I here not Quickly, and Sumy. Secondly... Listen Fedor Sergeyevich, you have to understand Postovalov. He is a successor of traditions of the died our first commander Ivan Orlov, the successor of his installations.

- It is interesting what installations are? Though I understand: ourselves on, and all other guerrilla movement - in itself. So?

- Perhaps. But your arrival turned everything. Such pighead as Postovalov, itself you see, it is hard to overpersuade. And nevertheless now any order of Sikorsky will be for us the law!

- You told something about Orlov, - I reminded.

- Imagine: in the wood there was a group of the servicemen who did not manage to break through to the. Around unfamiliar places, strangers. And each of us remembers the military oath. Means, it is necessary to hammer the enemy. But to beat so that not to lose people. And we acted, without communicating with local population, kept an arrangement of the camp a deep secret. Somehow the member of anti-fascist committee tried to pass to us. Eagles let it go whistle. "We beat Germans and traitors, - Ivan said. - The army will come - will understand."

- Hope for one army? I understand...

- Yes, Eagles were not taken into consideration by patriotism of local population. - Victor sighed and kept silent. - I am it, I repent, in this sense supported. It was the mistake. Our supercare appeared to us to the detriment. Be at us more fighters, children from neighboring villages, maybe, and Eagles would be live. - How it you did not save it? - I asked.

- Unless it you will hold! Itself went on reconnaissance, on diversion though knew that Germans hunt for it. Fiercely hated it kobrinskiya gebitskomissar and was for what... And here trapped when Ivan from the wood on a horse the country road jumped. The leg at Ivan got stuck in a stirrup, and the horse long dragged it. And then and the horse was shot down.

Outside someone shouted:

- Sumy, to the commander!

Quickly rose from a churbak.

- Have a rest, Fedor Sergeyevich. And do not think of anything bad. Tomorrow everything will be solved. In the morning I invited to a breakfast. When I entered a commander dugout, Postovalov considered the PPSh submachine gun which is taken away from me. The newcomer as a toy, - Postovalov lovingly stroked a bed. - At your boys what on the farm hide, such too?

- Same, - I confirmed, and about myself thought: "Fine investigation works for them!".

At a table I told about defeat of Germans near Moscow, that the capital same what I was before war, is few destructions. Leningrad of which gebbelsovsky promotion shouted as about forever the destroyed Carthage with firmness maintains blockade. Our affairs on fronts go well. That hour when the fascist army sweeps back is near. And now it is a high time to beat her from the back with powerful integrated guerrilla forces. Faces of my listeners brightened, it was felt that my words affect these alerted people sooner with what any mandates. Post-ovals chewed the last piece, washed down with cold water and rose because of a table. Sergeant Gudy! - he ordered. - To call people!

I it is interested looked after the sergeant who jumped out of a dugout. Having caught my eye, Postovalov told: - Heroic guy. He served in the Brest fortress and participated in its defense. When guerrillas gathered, I was again convinced that they almost everything from military. Here anarchy has nothing to be afraid. And really: when I told about structure of connection, that the staff breaks up into smaller units separate groups and on their base creates crews that now the special care is shown about protection and the maintenance of family camps, about study of kids that we will have also pioneer organizations soon, and the underground newspaper "Zarya" is regularly published, from ranks exclamations were heard:

- This order! Our, army!

After all we receded from an army order, suggested fighters to choose the commander and the commissioner anew.

- Postovalova commander! - guerrillas cried. Provident Brisk and Sumy looked back to the office built aside, waved a hand. The volley was distributed. It sounded as an oath about submission to commander will and the authority.

- And companion Sumskoy remains the commissioner let! - was heard from ranks. Now I gave command. And again burst a volley, as a sign of the statement of the political leader in a commissar position. Also amicably voted for that the group was called a name of Chapayev …

When in three days the group engaged with the German division going to the neighboring village Borsches behind the food and fodder for me and orderlies the machine gunner followed, did not lower from us eyes.

The group crushed fascist bandits... I managed to persuade Postovalov to go to force staff to get acquainted with Sergey Ivanovich and to receive instructions. Sikorsky accepted the obstinate commander openheartedly. Presented it the gun of the Soviet production, allocated the anti-tank gun, explosive for group.

It is necessary to raise group in number, companion Postovalov, - punished to it at parting the commander of connection. - Smash the enemy by large forces!

- In a week we will have not less than hundred fifty new fighters, - that assured. And it is valid, soon in group there were already about two hundred people. And in a month Borsches desperately courageous commander of group of Chapayev was killed in three-day battle for the village. The enemy lost one hundred two soldiers, several platform soles, but did not take the rebellious village …

… On June 15, Tuesday. Worked in group of Kirov. Met Mitya pilot, the chief of a staff of crew. It came here, searching for representatives of companion Sergey (Sikorsky). Asks to transfer to the commander of connection desire of command of crew of Molotov to agree about joint actions. Directed it to companion Sergey",

Mitya pilot... My dear Udovikov, Dmitry Karpovich! You remember how we got acquainted? Your group was the first which was met by our group on a way to the Brest region. What joyful was a meeting! Then I learned that the nickname "pilot" was given you not for nothing. In fight with fascist sterpyatnik yours yastrebok was lined and lit up. You jumped out with a parachute over forest area. And soon became one of leaders in a guerrilla family...

"June 17. Again village of Shchura. In two days Filya Grishovich managed to visit Brest and got important reconnaissance data. Came into the apartment in which I lived with a family before war. The Polish neigbour of the lady Soltus told that on the way on Kobrin the car by which Maria with Ellochka went was broken by an artillery shell. The driver died, they survived. The wife and the daughter were picked up by the teacher from the village Wolves, sheltered. In Brest my son as called was also born - I do not know. Having recovered, Maria with children left somewhere. Perhaps now at the on Gomelytsin? The pleasure is what...

June 18. In Novoselkakh led with peasants discussion about situation on fronts and problems of national fight against the enemy. Gathered the person hundred. After my speech fourteen fellows, local Komsomol members approached. Asked to send them to guerrilla group. Issued creation of the Komsomol organization, approved the secretary. Having left a question of the accession to guerrilla group on the future, charged to boys to bear underground work...

June 19. Group of Suvorov. Was present at party meeting. There was also Ivan Georgiyevich (Shubitydze) here. Came to agree about joint actions. Met old znakomets here - Naumchik and two more children from. Kobrina. Instructed and sent them to Kobrin district for break-in of the underground Komsomol organizations...

… Safely and selflessly there were underground workers for fighting fights with the enemy. Many of them gave life in fight.

The secretary of the underground Komsomol organization of the village Turnaya of Kobrin district Vladimir Yukhimuk and the member of this organization Evgeny Marchuk were noticed by Hitlerites while they put explosive on the highway Brest - Moscow in eight kilometers from Kobrin. Children accepted battle and died, without having managed to perform a fighting task. For them it was made by companions. Having mined the highway, they made an ambush and took five German soldiers prisoner.

Members of this organization (and they were eighteen people) differed in special impudence in fight against invaders. On the highway at the village Lutsevichi they under the nose at Hitlerites blew up the bridge three times. Invaders were forced to restore three times it and could keep about days of the flight from Belarus only thanks to numerous protection with dogs. But they did not manage to provide work of cable telecommunication connecting rear staffs to the front for a long time. The line was destroyed on many hundreds of meters again and again as invaders earthed a cable …

Romm, T. From heart to heart / F. Romm//youth in fights Staunch Reached manhood: notes of the secretary of underground regional committee of Komsomol / F. Romm. – Minsk: Belarus, 1974. – Page 68-76; Page 265-266.

Romm, F. D. If your name – the Komsomol member / F. D. Romm//Bug on fire: [collection of memories of the Great Patriotic War] / edition N. M. Butrimovich, A. P. Kosteletskaya. – Minsk: Belarus, 1977. – Page 200-212.

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