Vladimir Druzhynin Vladimir Nikolaevich Druzhinin ( , 25 December 1907 , Moscow – 20 August 1976 , Kyiv ) was a Soviet state and party leader , a Hero of the Soviet Union during the Soviet - German War and an active participant in the partisan movement in Ukraine through the Chernihiv Commissioner - Volyn . In February 1940 , Druzhynin was elected second secretary of the Communist Party ' s Ternopil regional committee , a post in which he served until July 1941 . By a Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 4 January 1944 , for organizing a guerrilla movement behind enemy lines against the Nazis Druzhinin was named a Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and Golden Star number 2884 . Biography . Druzhynin was born in Moscow into a working - class family on 24 December 1907 . Orphaned with his seven brothers , he lived in orphanages in Moscow , Kursk and Putivl until 1923 . At age fifteen Druzhynin entered the Komsomol ( the All - Union Leninist Young Communist League ) , and in 1923 the Komsomol sent him to work in the Donbass mines . In 1926 , Druzhynin became a member of the CPSU ( Communist Party of the Soviet Union ) . Between 1926 and 1930 he was the Division Head , District Secretary and a District Committee member of the LCYU ( Local Communist Youth Union ) in Hluhiv , Ukraine . Druzhynin studied Marxist - Leninist teachings in 1930 - 31 , after which his career continued to progress . From 1931 to 1938 he was Department Head , Deputy Secretary and Secretary of the Communist Party ' s first district committee of Ukraine for the Chernihiv region . Beginning in 1938 , Druzhynin was Head of the Department of Organization and Instruction of the Communist Party ' s Chernihiv Oblast Committee in Ukraine . Soviet - German War . At the beginning of the Soviet - German War , Druzhynin was sent to the Red Army senior instructor political division , infantry division . In September 1941 , the Kiev troops were surrounded . Druzhynin ' s staff destroyed documents and broke through the ring in the forest surrounding the Chernihiv and Sumy regions to connect to the Red Army . After 20 days , a group led by Druzhinin met a guerrilla group under the command of M . Popudrenka on 16 October , and he was appointed Commissioner of the Cavalry Group . On 28 July 1942 , Druzhynin was appointed commander during a series of forest battles lasting from 27 July to 4 August in which the guerrilla partisans prevailed . In early 1943 , Ukrainian Partisan Movement Headquarters ordered a raid in Shchors district of the Chernihiv region , with heavy fighting against the Nazis . On 5 March , the guerrilla troops were divided into two partisan groups . A . F . Fedorov was appointed Commander of the Chernihiv - Volyn guerrilla groups , and Druzhynin was appointed Commissioner . On 11 March 1943 , the Chernihiv - Volyn partisan formations moving into the right bank of the Ubort River , where it remained until departing by train from Kovel in May . In July the partisans implemented an order from the Supreme Command of the Red Army , sabotaging railways and seizing manpower and equipment . After reforming the partisan formation in May 1944 , Druzhinin was elected second secretary of the Ternopil regional committee of the Communist Party ( Bolshevik ) of Ukraine . Post - war period . From February 1948 until 1951 Druzhynin was First Secretary of the Ternopil Oblast Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine , and later served on its Central Committee . Beginning in 1954 , he became the first secretary of the Kherson and Drogobytskyy regional committees . In 1966 , Druzhynin was appointed Deputy and then First Deputy Minister of the Food Industry of the Ukrainian SSR . He spent the last years of his career as director of the Institute of Professional Training of Food Industry Experts of the USSR . Druzhynin was deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR III - VI and the second convocation of the Verkhovna Rada . From the 18th to the 22nd congresses of the Communist Party of Ukraine , he was a member of the Central Committee . Druzhynin lived in Kiev , where he died on 20 August 1976 . He is buried in Kiev Baykove cemetery .