Konstantin Zaslonov

Konstantin Sergeyevich Zaslonov (Belarusian: Канстанцін Сяргеевіч Заслонаў, romanized: Kanstancin Siarhieievič Zaslonaŭ; Russian: Константи́н Серге́евич Засло́нов), (7 January 1910 [O.S.

With German troops advancing and approaching Orsha, Zaslonov moved to Moscow and took a job at the Ilyich Locomotive Depot.

In March 1942, faced with the threat of an impending arrest, Zaslonov and members of his group left Orsha to set up a partisan unit.

The unit conducted a number of successful combat operations in the Vitebsk — Orsha — Smolensk area resulting in multiple enemy deaths and destroyed materiel and equipment.

On 14 November 1942, Zaslonov was killed in a battle with a German death squad near Kupovat, Syanno District, Vitebsk Oblast, Belorussian SSR.