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Minay Shmyryov | |
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 Shmyryov on a 1967 Soviet stamp | |
| Native name | Мінай Піліпавіч Шмыроў |
| Born | 23 December 1891 Punishche, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Belarus) |
| Died | 3 September 1964 (aged 72) |
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| Years of service | 1917–1923 1941–1944 |
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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.
Shmyryov was decorated as a Hero of the Soviet Union for his wartime role in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1944.[1]
- ^ "Legendary Old Man: Minai Filippovich Shmyrev".