The events described in the book take place from the beginning of October 1941 to March 1944 on the territory of Kursk and its neighboring regions. The author, a former partisan, talks about the courageous, heroic struggle of Kursk partisans and underground fighters against the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War. Left behind enemy lines, they did not lay down their heads before the occupiers, but with arms in hand stood up to defend their Motherland. The book will be an important aid to those teaching and studying the history of the Great Patriotic War and the history of the Kursk region. It will also be of interest to the general reader.