СТВОРЕННЯ ТА ФОРМУВАННЯ СУМСЬКОГО ПАРТИЗАНСЬКОГО ЗʼЄДНАННЯ: ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ ПУТИВЛЬСЬКОГО ПАРТИЗАНСЬКОГО ЗАГОНУ (СЕРПЕНЬ 1941 р. – ЛЮТИЙ 1942 р.)

Abstract

The article analyzes the first period of the activity of the Sumy partisan association in the period of the existence of the Putivl partisan detachment and partisan detachments of some regions of the Sumy region. The main tendencies of forming partisan detachments in the Sumy region are determined. On an example of the Putivl partisan detachment the process of training, staffing and selection of leadership, material and technical support for the underground partisan resistance movement is reflected. The reasons for failures at the initial stage of activity are determined. The activity of individual partisan detachments that operated from the beginning of the temporary Nazi occupation as separate combat units was investigated, and subsequently they became as a part of the Putivl combined partisan detachment (Sumy partisan association): the Putivl partisan detachment under the command of S. A. Kovpak, the Putivl partisan detachment of S. V. Rudnev, Glukhiv Partisan Detachment of P. L. Kulbaka, Shalyginsky (Kholopkovsky) Partisan Detachment of A. Ya. Saganyuk, Kharkiv Partisan Detachment of M. Y. Vorontsov, Krolevetsky guerrilla group of V. M. Kudryavskyj, Konotop guerrilla unit of V. P. Kochemazov and others. The system of relations between partisan detachments and their command structure with the command of the Putivl combined partisan detachment was determined. The evolution of the structural system of the Putivl combined partisan detachment and its dependence on combat conditions is shown. The battle line of the partisan detachment under the command of Kovpak – Rudnev during August 1941 – February 1942 was investigated. The military conflicts with the Nazi occupation forces and the methods of confrontation of partisan units, intelligence, sabotage, politico-propaganda activity of the Putivl combined partisan detachment (Sumy partisan Association) at the initial stage of its activity is analyzed.