Elizaveta Ivanovna Chaikina (1918–1941) was one of the organizers of the partisan detachment during the Great Patriotic War. Born on August 28, 1918, in the village of Runo, now Penovsky District, Tver Region. In 1939 he was elected secretary of the Penov district Komsomol committee. In 1941, Liza was sent to regional courses of party and Komsomol workers in the city of Kalinin (now Tver). During the Great Patriotic War, Liza Chaikina led the underground organization of youth, took an active part in the operations of the partisan detachment operating in the Velikiye Luki and Kalinin regions.
Its main task was the agitation of the local population. In order to raise the patriotic spirit of the inhabitants of the villages of Penovskiy district occupied by the fascists, Liza Chaikina distributed leaflets and newspapers with relevant content among them, and also reported the latest news from the front. On November 22, 1941, Liza Chaikina was sent to Peno for the purpose of reconnoitering the number of enemy garrisons. On the way to Peno, she went to the Red Ride Riding Farm to her friend, intelligence officer Maruse Kuporova, where the headman noticed her and reported to the Germans. The Germans broke into the Kuporovs' house, shot the family, and took Liza Chaikina to Peno. Even under torture, she refused to give out information about the whereabouts of the partisan detachment and was shot on November 23, 1941.
By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 6, 1942, Elizaveta Ivanovna Chaykina was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously. Liza Chaikina was also awarded the Order of Lenin.
On the envelope with the original stamp depicts a portrait of Chaikina and the emblem of the celebration of the 75
th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.
In addition to the release of the envelope with the original stamp of JSC “Marka”, a special cancellation stamp was made for Peno in the Tver region.
Artist-designer: A. Moskovets.
Edition: 1 million copies.
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