Central Headquarters of the Partisan Movement

The Central Headquarters of the Partisan Movement (Russian: Центральный штаб партизанского движения (ЦШПД), romanized: Tsentral'nyj shtab partizanskovo dvizheniya (TsShPD)) was the central organ of military control of the Soviet partisans, resistance movements who fought against German occupation in World War II.

Located at the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command of the USSR Armed Forces, the GKO created it in May 1942 in order to unite the leadership of the Soviet partisan forces behind enemy lines.

The original order to establish the TsShPD, signed on 30 May 1942, stated that the partisan movement's main task was to disorganize and disrupt the rear of the enemy by:[1] On 5 September 1942, the order "On the tasks of the partisan movement" (О задачах партизанского движения) was signed[2] by the People's Commissariat of Defense.

It played a significant role in shaping the partisan movement in its later stages, when it was much more militarily effective.

[3] It ordered:[4] There were a number of structures initially subordinate to the TsShPD:[1][a] On September 28, 1942, a number of republican, regional and front headquarters of the partisan movement were created: The archive of the Central headquarters of the partisan movement is stored in the funds of the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History: Moscow, Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street, Building No.