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keywords:
German invasion soviet partisans Katyusha Gen. Jekremov Italian
partisans Garibaldi Brigade Mirko Zappi Stalin Molotov fascists
- Perestroika.
synthesis:
childhood - studies - German invasion - organization
of the partisans - alliance with the Katyusha Militia- clashes
against the Germans - arrest and prisoner-of-war camp in Italy -
Fascists - aid of the Italian agriculturists - activity in the
Garibaldi Brigade - Italian partisans - alliance with the
American army- Germans' withdrawl - Soviet military
mission in Italy - repatriation in Ussr - travel towards the
Soviet Union - prisoner-of-war camp in Moscow - letters to
family - father's vist - liberation - work in the sovkos -
presidential elections of the Worker's Committee - Perestroika -
Russia today - reunion with Italian former-partisans. Photo.
subject biography:
Born at
Smolensk (Ukraine) on May 9th, 1926 into an
agricultural family. He interrupts his studies in 1941 because the German
invasions. On January 1st, 1942, in his region, a partisan formation is
created and he then enlists himself, along with his father and brothers. He gets
wounded in a clash against the Germans, becomes a prisoner and gets sent to
a forced labor camp in Italy, near Ravenna, where he arrives on
November of 1943. During the transfer to Naples he succeeds in escaping in
Tuscany along with two Russian companions. After finding other Italian
partisans he enlists himself with the 8th
Garibaldi Brigade.
He meets Mirko Zappi and other commanders. On September, 1944, the
partisans form an alliance with the American Army. Orlov wants to re-enter
in the USSR. In Rome he meets a Soviet military mission that takes care of
his repatriation. However, it is not an easy task: the Soviets must make sure
if Orlov, for too long outside the USSR, has effectively fought
against Nazi-fascism or if he is a spy. In the end, he becomes
repatriated. But once he has reached Moscow, Orlov gets sent to a
prison camp and forced to work, for the Soviets are still not sure of his
position. In the end, Orlov succeeds to send the news to his family and
receives the visit of his father. He gets sent free in June of 1944. In 1965
he works in a sovkos as an engineer assigned to agricultural machines.
Subsequently, he gets elected as President of the Workers' Committee. In 1967
he returns to Italy for a reunion of the Garibaldi partisans. Currently he
is retired and lives in a Moscow suburb. |
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