Eight hanged - 85 years to the achievement of Komsomol members in Moscow In Volokolamsk on November 5, 1941, on one of the hardest days of the Battle of Moscow, German forces executed eight Soviet partisan intelligence officers. In the first months of the war, Komsomol committees of the city of Moscow and the region participated in the establishment of special reconnaissance and sabotage groups for operations in the German rear. One of these units was military unit No. 9903 at the Western Front headquarters. Young volunteers underwent training: they studied explosives, learned to shoot, navigate the terrain, carry out sabotage and reconnaissance. On November 4, 1941, a group of eight people under the command of Konstantin Pakhumov was assigned the task of going to the Volokolamsk region and Tryava Sloboda for reconnaissance and sabotage work. It included five young workers from the Hammer and Sickle factory in Moscow - Konstantin Pakhomov, Nikolai Gluchkin, Naum Kogan, Pavel Kyriakov, Viktor Ordinartsev, a very young Ivan Menenkov from the Moscow factory and two students of the School of Art and Industry in Moscow - Yevgenia Poltevskaya and Alexandra Lukovina-Grikova. They crossed the front line at the same time as Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya's group. The group approached German positions, but was ambushed in the cemetery area. A battle ensued that lasted all night. Early in the morning the Nazis brought up reinforcements, and the forces proved to be unequal. When the Komsomol ran out of ammunition, all eight fighters were captured. The Germans took them to the troop headquarters. Interrogations and torture began. The Nazis required them to give a military mission and provide information on Soviet soldiers and other intelligence officers. But the young men refused to cooperate with the enemy. The girls were especially brave. When Yevgenia Poltevskaya was asked about the purpose of their appearance in the German rear, she replied: "I won't tell you anything. I love my country and I will die for it. Another girl, Alexandra Lukovina-Grikova, a German officer tried to bribe the girl.

Eight hanged - 85 years to the achievement of Komsomol members in Moscow In Volokolamsk on November 5, 1941, on one of the hardest days of the Battle of Moscow, German forces executed eight Soviet partisan intelligence officers. In the first months of the war, Komsomol committees of the city of Moscow and the region participated in the establishment of special reconnaissance and sabotage groups for operations in the German rear. One of these units was military unit No. 9903 at the Western Front headquarters. Young volunteers underwent training: they studied explosives, learned to shoot, navigate the terrain, carry out sabotage and reconnaissance. On November 4, 1941, a group of eight people under the command of Konstantin Pakhumov was assigned the task of going to the Volokolamsk region and Tryava Sloboda for reconnaissance and sabotage work. It included five young workers from the Hammer and Sickle factory in Moscow - Konstantin Pakhomov, Nikolai Gluchkin, Naum Kogan, Pavel Kyriakov, Viktor Ordinartsev, a very young Ivan Menenkov from the Moscow factory and two students of the School of Art and Industry in Moscow - Yevgenia Poltevskaya and Alexandra Lukovina-Grikova. They crossed the front line at the same time as Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya's group. The group approached German positions, but was ambushed in the cemetery area. A battle ensued that lasted all night. Early in the morning the Nazis brought up reinforcements, and the forces proved to be unequal. When the Komsomol ran out of ammunition, all eight fighters were captured. The Germans took them to the troop headquarters. Interrogations and torture began. The Nazis required them to give a military mission and provide information on Soviet soldiers and other intelligence officers. But the young men refused to cooperate with the enemy. The girls were especially brave. When Yevgenia Poltevskaya was asked about the purpose of their appearance in the German rear, she replied: "I won't tell you anything. I love my country and I will die for it. Another girl, Alexandra Lukovina-Grikova, a German officer tried to bribe the girl.