Soviet partisans in Ukraine

Dmitry Nikolaevich Medvedev (Russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Медведев) (August 22, 1898 - December 14, 1954) was one of the leaders of the Soviet partisan movement in western Russia and Ukraine.

Valentin Aleksandrovich Kotyk (11 February 1930 – 17 February 1944) was a Soviet Pioneer and a partisan scout. He was also the youngest-ever Hero of Soviet Union.

Ján Nálepka (20 September 1912 in Smižany, Austria-Hungary – 16 November 1943 in Ovruch, German-occupied Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) was a Slovak captain who organized and led an anti-fascist Slovak partisan detachment in the Soviet Union during World War II.

Pyotr Yevseevich Braiko (Russian: Пётр Евсеевич Брайко; 9 September 1919 – 7 April 2018) was a Soviet soldier during the Second World War who gained the status of Hero of the Soviet Union following the conflict.

Lyubov Shevtsova (Russian: Любовь Шевцова; September 8, 1924 – February 9, 1943) was a Soviet partisan and a member of the Young Guard, an underground anti-Nazi organization in Krasnodon during World War II.

Ivan Vasilyevich Turkenich (Russian: Иван Васильевич Туркенич; January 15, 1920 – August 14, 1944) was a Soviet partisan, one of the leaders of the underground anti-Nazi organization the Young Guard, which operated in Krasnodon district during the German-Soviet War between 1941 and 1944.

Robert Satanowski (January 20, 1918 – August 9, 1997) was a Polish general who later became a major European orchestra and opera conductor.

Oleg Vasilyevich Koshevoy (Ukrainian: Олег Васильoвич Кошoвий, translit. Oleh Vasyl'ovych Koshovyi; Russian: Олег Васильевич Кошевой) (June 8, 1926 – February 9, 1943) was a Soviet partisan and one of the founders of the clandestine organization Young Guard, which fought the Nazi forces in Krasnodon during World War II between 1941 and 1945.

Pyotr Petrovich Vershigora (first name also Petr) (Russian: Пётр Петро́вич Верши́гора) or Petro Petrovich Vershyhora (Ukrainian: Петро Петрович Вершигора) (16 May [O.S. 3 May] 1905 – 23 March 1963) was one of the leaders of the Soviet partisan movement in Ukraine, Belarus and Poland and later a writer.

Alexander Nikolayevich Saburov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Сабу́ров; 1 August [O.S. 19 July] 1908 – 15 April 1974) was one of the leaders of Soviet partisan movement in Ukraine and western Russia during World War II.