Dvazhdy predavshie. Brigada SS " Druzhina " - Zhukov Dmitrii Aleksandrovich

The personnel commander of the Red Army Vladimir Gil-Rodionov at the beginning of World War II was surrounded, was captured in German and gave voluntary consent to cooperate with the enemy. He created an anti-Soviet organization- the Combat Union of Russian Nationalists and headed the armed units, which received the name of the Russian National Brigade of the SS "Druzhina." SS curators tied Gil-Rodionov's subordinates with blood in numerous actions to exterminate civilians in occupied Poland and Belarus, used "friends" in sabotage and reconnaissance work in the Soviet Union anti-guerrilla rallies. In the summer of 1943, as a result of a special operation of guerrillas and Chekists, Gil-Rodionov was re-recruited. In August, a significant part of the Rodionovs attacked the Germans, reunited with the "people's avengers", becoming the first anti-fascist guerrilla brigade ...
Based on a wide array of archival sources, including previously unpublished ones, the authors tell the story of V. Gil and his connections.