Hero of the USSR Konstantin Zaslonov

The farther away from us the events of the Great Patriotic Warwar, the more we must make an effort to preserve the memory of the heroes of the past time. From this article you will find out who Constantine Zaslonov was and for what merits he was awarded the Order of Lenin and awarded the title of Hero of the USSR (posthumously).

Character traits

Many of his letters have survived to this day, inwhich he told about his life, shared his thoughts. Therefore, even after many years it is possible to characterize his personality, to understand what kind of person he was. Everyone who read them becomes clear that Konstantin Zaslonov was loved and respected in the team. It was not for nothing that he was trusted when he ran a locomotive depot and when he became commander of a partisan detachment. People obeyed his will, despite the fact that Konstantin Zaslonov was only 31 at the beginning of the war, and he took a leading position in the depot at the age of 27. It happened because he knew his business thoroughly, tried to understand everything he had taken, and then to teach others.

Hero Preferences

To the depot management station Roslavl Smolenskoblast and Orsha of the Vitebsk region Konstantin Zaslonov was admitted after graduating from a professional railway school, and then worked for five years in simple positions. He was a mechanic, an assistant to a machinist, and a locomotive master. This helped him to thoroughly master the locomotive business, especially since he loved technology, showed interest in all novelties.

He had a dream that is difficult to understand in ourtime, especially young people. He wanted to become a member of the Communist Party, and not just to become, but to be worthy of it, therefore, even as a partisan detachment commander, Konstantin Zaslonov doubted whether he deserved the trust of his party comrades so that they could take him into their ranks. He was accepted as a candidate member of the CPSU (B.) In August 1942, two months before his death.

Towards your goal

Konstantin Zaslonov was born in a simple working family on January 7, 1910. This event took place in Ostashkov, Kalinin region. It was possible to him to visit the farmhand at a fist, to learn shoemaking skill.

After the revolution, he was educated, and wassent to Leningrad. There he began to study for a railwayman, but a year later he was drafted to work. Having worked in various depots, at the beginning of the war he was in Belarus. After the arrival of the fascists Konstantin Zaslonov was evacuated to Moscow, but could not be there and wrote a letter asking him to create his own partisan detachment. The request was granted, and he crossed the front line with a group of 40 people in October 1941.

Military everyday life

It turned out that the fascists on the Belorussian land,where went Constantine Zaslonov, photo of which you can find in this article, there was a lot. To reach their goal, namely, Orsha, they could not have been the whole group. Therefore, it was decided to make their way one by one and, finding a job at the station Orsha, to get together again and engage in guerrilla activity.

Zaslonov himself was easily recruited to work,because he was an excellent specialist, and the Germans needed knowledgeable people to restore the locomotive movement. Soon the detachment began subversive work. All its members had to hide in the woods. They engaged in the fact that the train was blown up. Fascists had a hard time.

From Zaslonov's reports it is clear that his detachmentsent derailed convoys, blasted railway bridges, thrashed fascist garrisons, destroying the enemy, his equipment and weapons, causing irreparable damage to the Germans.

The best partisan

Constantine Zaslonov was an excellent commander. His detachment was called "Uncle Kostya," which speaks of the respect that the guerrillas felt for their young commander. Zaslonov guided hard, clearly giving orders, seeing great goals ahead of him. Traitors, spies, provocateurs, he spared and others advised to get rid of them at any cost.

Zaslonov was a dangerous enemy for the fascists. They assigned a reward of 50,000 marks for his head. In addition, who caught Konstantin alive or killed him, they promised to give the award - an iron cross and arrange a paradise in Germany. And the peasants were promised to give two estates for this.

Killed Zaslonov, heroically fighting with punishers. And the ambush on them partisan detachment arranged himself, having received information about the movement of the fascists. A brutal battle ensued between the villages of Kuzmino and Utrilovo, during which the commander of the detachment was killed.

Here was Konstantin Zaslonov, biographywhich can serve as an example for young people. His exploits are not forgotten. Monuments and memorial plaques have been erected in different cities of Russia and Belarus, streets are named in his honor, including in St. Petersburg.