A.A. Ugrimov and the Durdan Resistance Group
The Durdan Resistance Group led by engineer A.A. Ugrimov was organized in a small town in a French province in 1942. Despite its small size, the group played an important role in the local French Resistance: it participated in supplying the resistants with food and documents; sheltered Soviet prisoners of war, French anti-fascists and allied aviation pilots; accepted shipments of weapons from Great Britain and, finally, participated in the liberation of the city. After the liberation of France, the group members were actively engaged in preserving the memory of the Russian members of the Resistance.