THE STEPPE RAID OF PARTISAN’S CAVALRY UNIT (THE DOCUMENTS OF CENTRAL STATE ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC ASSOCIATIONS OF UKRAINE)

VLASENKO S.I.

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Based on the documents of the Public Associations Central State Archives of Ukraine
funds (The Ukrainian Partisan Movement Headquarters, the united Ukrainian cavalry, the
Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks)). Revealed the prerequisites, course
and results of the Steppe Raid of the Partisan’s Cavalry Unit under the Command of M.S.Naumov,
that had place in the southern regions of Ukraine from February 1 to April 5, 1943. Described
in details the process of preparing the Sumy regional headquarters of the partisan movement to
the campaign in the southern regions of the Sumy region and course of the first phase of the
Steppe raid. Special attention is given to the partisan’s fight during the second phase of the
raid on the territory of Poltava, Kirovograd, Odessa, Vinnitsa, Zhitomir, Kiev and Polesiye
(Belarus) regions. The raid command’s of the partisan movement in Ukraine and direct
participants’ assessment is presented. Described problems and shortcomings faced by the
partisans during the Steppe raid. It is shown a vision of Cavalry Unit’s commander M.S. Naumov
on reasons of the unsuccessful raid that had place in the southern regions of Ukraine, his
explanation of the situation with the Partisan’s Cavalry Uniton the area of Golovanevsk forest
(the Odessa region). Analyzed the combat and number of the partisans, results of the combat,
sabotage, scouting activities during the raid Steppe. During the preparation of the article used
little known new archival documents. It is allowed to explore comprehensively, thoroughly the
research subject and draw conclusions. The article can be useful when writing general articles
on the history of Ukraine, special researches of the Great Patriotic War and the partisan
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VLASENKO S.I. – Central State Archive of the Public Associations of Ukraine, PhD (History) (Ukraine).[/restab]

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