Suvorov  V.P.

HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE PARTISAN AND UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT IN THE KALININ REGION DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR (1941–1944)

Authors

Suvorov V.P.

Keywords:

Great Patriotic War, Kalinin region, guerrilla and underground movement, historiography, periodization, methodology, occupation regime, frontline situation, guerrilla tactics and strategy

Abstract

The article analyzes the historiography of the partisan and underground movement in the Kalinin region during its occupation by Nazi Germany. In the historiography of the Soviet stage, the nationwide nature of the partisan movement, the determining role of the CPSU (b), the variety of forms and methods of struggle, and close ties with the actions of the Red Army were emphasized. The author emphasizes that at this stage of stud-ying the history of the partisan movement, the influence of the subjective factor on the formation, organization and development of the antifascist movement was not sufficiently considered. In modern Russian historiography, publications have appeared in which a critical assessment of the partisan movement is not supported by documentary evidence and is accompanied by a juggling of facts. It is noted that the authors of such publications borrow the theses of Western historians of the Cold War period. The author considers it promising to study the problem on the basis of an extensive, previously unused set of sources.

HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE PARTISAN AND UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT IN THE KALININ REGION DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR (1941–1944)