Zinaida Portnova: The Teenage Partisan Who Became A Soviet Hero During World War II
All That's Interesting | 12.02.2026 02:00
Zinaida Portnova first joined the Soviet’s youth resistance after the Nazis invaded Belarus in the summer of 1941. In less than three years, the young fighter was promoted from spreading propaganda leaflets to weaponry and sabotage attacks against the Germans.
