Ф. Полетаев и итальянское движение Сопротивления

Abstract

The article considers participation of Soviet soldiers in
 the Italian Resistance on the example of Fyodor Poletayev. The
 guerrilla movement which began in Italy is analyzed in the context
 of the General history of the country in the 1920–1940-s. The
 fascist regime did not have a wide social base. Despite the apparent
 inability of the anti-fascist political parties and movements to agree
 among themselves and to take radical action to overthrow it, Italian
 people have been able to boldly speak out against it. This is reflected
 in rapid development of partisan movement, which despite
 harsh repression by German occupiers and their Italian allies was
 able to conduct intensive work on the liberation of Italy. Soviet
 soldiers fought among them. This topic was raised in Soviet historical
 and political literature, but has unfortunately dropped out
 of public attention recently and therefore requires a sort of resuscitation.
 This theme allows identifying the complexity, the diversity
 of problems faced by the people of the Soviet Union, and at
 the same time shows the role and importance of a common man
 on the background of global events.