1943 Execution of Young Guards
75 years ago, on January 16, 1943, the execution of members of the underground Komsomol organization "Young Guard" was completed in Krasnodon. In just two days, more than 40 Young Guardsmen were shot or thrown alive into the mine shaft, including the leaders of the Young Guard Viktor Tretyakevich, Evgeny Moshkov, Ivan Zemnukhov, Ulyana Gromova, Sergei Tyulenin. The reason for the failure of the "Young Guard" has not been precisely established so far.