Monument to antifascist Belarus guerrillas from WW2.
Monument to antifascist guerrillas in wild forest on a place of the former guerrilla base of the Second World War - Belarus, Vitebsk region, lake Tiosto, - "Batka Minai" - Shmyryov's partisan group. Minay Filippovich Shmyryov - commanding officer 1st Byelorussian Partisan Brigade from 1942. He was awarded the honorary title of Hero of the Soviet Union on 15 August 1944, during the last days of Operation Bagration, whose conclusion signalled the complete liberation of the last of the remaining German-held Belarusian territory. Despite Shmyryov’s attempt to evacuate his children at the beginning of the war, they were turned back was overrun by the advancing Blitzkrieg. Having unsuccessfully attempted to obtain helpful intelligence regarding the location of Shmyryov's partisans from the local villagers, the Nazis responded by seizing them as hostages at Surazh in the autumn of 1941. After four months of continued resistance by Shmyryov, his children were executed on 14 February 1942.
Size: 5600px × 3506px
Location: Lake Tiosto, Vitebsk region, Belarus
Photo credit: © Vadzim Kandratsenkau / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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