Minaj Schmyrou

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Postage stamp in honor of Minaj Schmyrous

Minaj Pilipavich Schmyrou ( Belarusian Мінай Піліпавіч Шмыроў ; born December 23, 1891 in Punishcha, Vitebsk district ; † September 3, 1964 in Vitebsk ) was one of the commanders of the partisan movement in Belarus during the German-Soviet War .

Life

Schmyrou was born on 23 December 1891 at the village Punischtscha into a peasant family, which in today's Vitebsk District is located. In 1913 he was drafted into the Russian army and then took part in the First World War. Since 1918 he fought in the ranks of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War . Since 1920 he was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union .

In the first days of the German-Soviet war, Schmyrou was one of the commanders of the partisan movement in Belarus . On July 9, 1941, a partisan unit was founded under his leadership in the village of Pudot in what was then Surash Rajon. In July 1941, his unit destroyed a cavalry unit of the German occupiers, smashed a column of cars and burned bridges. In August and September 1941 Schmyrou's partisans took part in 27 battles, killing over 100 enemy soldiers. On April 8, 1942, Schmyrou's unit was combined with other units to form the 1st Belarusian Partisan Brigade, which was also under his command, on the instructions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus. During the war Schmyrou's four children and his wife's sister and mother were captured and shot by the German occupiers. From October 1942 he was represented in the central staff of the Soviet partisan movement .

On August 15, 1944, Schmyrou was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union . He also received four orders of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner .

After the war, Schmyrou was elected as a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic .

Commemoration

A museum is dedicated to him in the city of Vitebsk . The Belarusian national poet Jakub Kolas wrote a poem entitled For Father Minaj (Бацьку Мінаю).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d biography on warheroes.ru
  2. ↑ Shmyrev Museum: to appreciate and remember you need to know!
  3. ↑ Бацьку Мінаю
personal data
SURNAME Schmyrou, Minaj
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmyrou, Minaj Pilipavich; Шмыроў, Мінай Піліпавіч (Belarusian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet commander of a partisan movement
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Punishcha , Vitebsk Raion
DATE OF DEATH 3rd September 1964
Place of death Vitebsk