Yet this is not just a partisan Republican movement.
The topic of his dissertation was the Soviet partisan movement in 1941-1943.
In particular, the partisan movement was pretty active in the area.
Only the 1949 mass deportation when about 21,000 people were taken away broke the basis of the partisan movement.
Many women joined the partisan movement operating behind the German lines - and by 1943 there were an estimated 300,000 of them.
More than 10% of the Soviet partisan movement were Jews.
The authors who published the almanac did not join the Partisan movement.
Many of the residents joined the Partisan movement on 6 January 1943.
It could be given also to cities or villages, that distinguished themselves in supporting the partisan movement.
Nevertheless, they came to conclusion that the partisan movement was utterly destroyed.