Konstantin Zaslonov
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| Born | January 7, 1910 Ostashkov, Tver Governorate, Ukraine, Russian Empire |
| Died | November 14, 1942 (aged 32) Kupovat village, Senno Raion, Vitebsk Oblast, Belorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
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 Russian Empire Soviet Union
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| Years of service | 1941–1942 |
| Commands held | Commander of partisans forces in the Orsha Region |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
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Konstantin Zaslonov (Russian: Константи́н Серге́евич Засло́нов, Konstantin Sergeevich Zaslonov), (January 7, 1910 – November 14, 1942) was a notable Soviet partisan commander in Belorussia, a hero of the Great Patriotic War. He rose through the ranks from the position of a single partisan unit commander to later become a partisan brigade commander and ending up in charge of all partisan forces in the Orsha region.
In 1930 he graduated from the Velikiye Luki Railroad Technical College. In 1935 he was appointed assistant chief of a motive power depot in Novosibirsk. In 1937 he transferred to Roslavl to head the Roslavl Locomotive Depot. In 1939 he headed up the Orsha Locomotive Depot.
With German troops advancing and approaching Orsha, Zaslonov moved to Moscow and took a job at the Ilyich Locomotive Depot.
In October 1941 he volunteered to be deployed in the enemy-occupied territory together with several other railway workers. Once there, he created an underground guerrilla group. His nom de guerre was "Dyadya Kostya" (Uncle Konstantin). Members of the group used the so-called "coal mines" to blow up 93 German locomotives in a matter of just three months.
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