Voronchenko Basil Isaevich

(5.V.1888, der. Ostashevo now Dorogobuzhsky district - 11.IH.1986, Moscow)
Graduated Ozerischenskoe two-year college since 1904, Mr.. worked at the sawmill in Moscow. From 1909 to 1917. served in the Russian army. Participant 1 WWI. After the October Revolution he graduated from the workers' school, and Construction Institute. He worked in construction organizations in Moscow. Since the beginning of World War II joined the division of the national militia. Caught in the hostile environment in the area Yelnya, one of the first in the Smolensk region in November 1941. created in the area Dorogobuzhskaya partisan group "Grandpa," overgrown by February 1942. in the partisan connection (1-w partisan division). In April 1942, Mr.. V. was seriously wounded and sent to Moscow. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, World War I degree, medals. Honorary Citizen of Mr.. Dorogobuzh.

Lit.: The first guerrilla. - M., 1983; Belyaev I.N. Registered forever. - V. 3. - M., 1989.