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Trekking In Partisan Footsteps

May/June 2011

Author: Lada Bakal
Translator: Peter Morley
:: Illustrations/Images by Lada Bakal
Russian Life: May/June 2011
Department: War
Page: 34   ( 6) pages

Summary: Eastern Crimea was a center for partisan activity during the Great Patriotic War. In honor of the May Day holiday, we trek through this wild realm along the Black Sea, hoping to recapture a sense of what it meant to fight and live here.


This article appeared in the May/June 2011 issue of Russian Life. The text of this article is not available online.

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Weblinks related to this story:

  • Map of the Forest Trek A Google Maps mashup of the trek Lada Bakal and company took in the footsteps of Soviet partizans.