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Vasily Korzh | |
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| Born | 13 January 1899 Khorostovo, Russian Empire (now Belarus) |
| Died | 5 May 1967 (aged 68) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Battles/wars | Spanish Civil War Second World War
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Vasily Zakharovich Korzh (Belarusian: Васіль Захаравіч Корж, Russian: Василий Захарович Корж; 13 January 1899 – 5 May 1967), also known under the Soviet partisan nom de guerre Komarov, was a Soviet Byelorussian communist activist, partisan, and one of the leaders of the Belarusian resistance during World War II.
A kolkhoz chairman, NKVD officer, and volunteer with the Spanish Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War, he is best remembered for organizing and leading one of the first Soviet partisan units during the 1941-1944 occupation of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic by Nazi Germany.
On account of his partisan service, Korzh was made a major general of the Red Army in 1943 and was awarded the honorary title Hero of the Soviet Union in August 1944.