- Ilya Starinov
Colonel Ilya Grigoryevich Starinov ( _ru. Илья Григорьевич Старинов) (July 20 (N.S. August 2 ),1900 , village of Voynovo, today'sOryol Oblast -November 18 ,2000 ) was one of the leaders of theSoviet partisan movement during theGreat Patriotic War of 1941-1945. He is also known as the "grandfather of the Russianspetsnaz ".
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