Minay Shmyryov
Soviet Belarusian guerrilla (1891–1964) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Filippovich and the family name is Shmyryov.
Minay Filippovich Shmyryov (Belarusian: Міна́й Пілі́павіч Шмыро́ў, romanized: Minaj Pilipavič Šmyroŭ, Russian: Мина́й Фили́ппович Шмырёв; 23 December 1891 – 3 September 1964), also transliterated as Minay Shmyrev and Minai Shmyrev, was one of the leaders of the Belarusian partisan resistance against the German occupation during World War II.
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Native name | Мінай Піліпавіч Шмыроў |
Born | (1891-12-23)23 December 1891 Punishche [be], Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Belarus) |
Died | 3 September 1964(1964-09-03) (aged 72) |
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Years of service | 1917–1923 1941–1944 |
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Shmyryov was decorated as a Hero of the Soviet Union for his wartime role in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1944.[1]