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The Soviet partisans were members of resistance movements that fought a guerrilla war against the Axis forces in the Soviet Union, the previously Soviet-occupied territories of interwar Poland in 1941–45 and eastern Finland. The activity emerged after the Nazi German Operation Barbarossa during World War II, and according to Great Soviet Encyclopedia it was coordinated and controlled by the Soviet government and modelled on that of the Red Army. The partisans made significant contributions to the war by frustrating German plans to exploit occupied Soviet territories economically, gave considerable help to the Soviet Army by conducting systematic strikes against Germany's rear communication network, disseminated political work among the local population by publishing newspapers and leaflets, and succeeded in creating and maintaining a feeling of insecurity among German forces. In the period 1941-1944, more than 6200 partisan detachments and units operated in occupied Soviet territory. The number of partisans and underground fighters amounted to over 1 million people. Over 184 thousand partisans and underground fighters were awarded various Soviet orders and medals and 249 were awarded Hero of the Soviet Union. In Belarus alone, over 44,000 partisans and 37,000 underground workers were killed in 1941-1944.