TO THE QUESTION OF THE IMPACT OF THE ACTIVITIES OF PARTISANS IN THE BRYANSK AND OREL REGIONS FOR TRAINING TROOPS OF ARMY GROUP "CENTER" TO STRIKE AT KURSK IN 1943
In the guerrilla movement that took place in the years of the great Patriotic war on the temporarily occupied territory of the Soviet Union, was attended by several hundred thousand people. Numerous guerrilla groups have not only waged an active struggle against the enemy in its rear, cut off his accomplices, but also provided significant aid to the red Army in the preparation and conduct of a separate major strategic defensive and offensive operations, including before the battle of Kursk, during the concentration of attacking forces, the Wehrmacht. Most active in April-June 1943 there were guerrilla units and brigades in the rear area of the German troops of army group "Center", which its commanders had planned to use for the capture of Kursk. The effectiveness of their shock on transport communications and objects of the railway infrastructure in the Orel bulge was so great that Berlin had before the summer campaign of 1943 - the strategic offensive of the plan "Citadel", to send the 47th Panzer corps - the shock of the compound 9-th army in the district of the Bryansk forests to fight with the people's Avengers. This decision led to the fact that these troops suffered losses, had spent valuable material resources, and the offensive had to be postponed for almost a month. However, in recent years, in connection with the publication of new documentary sources in our society and among historians is growing viewpoint that the evaluation of the effectiveness of the partisan movement in the Russian historiography overstated. The real results of their activities allegedly did not have a significant impact on the military work of the red Army, and the image of the "red partisan" extremely embellished by Soviet propaganda, and remains so today. This article is based on new archival sources and aims to clarify the results of anti-guerrilla actions of the German troops "the Gypsy Baron", conducted on the eve of the battle of Kursk.