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The article gives brief overview of the data on Siberians - natives and inhabitants of the Siberian region, as well as Belarusian Siberians, who made the significant contribution to the development of partisan movement and underground struggle in Belarus during the Great Patriotic War. Given examples testify that Siberians were involved in organization of partisan movement and the Party and Komsomol underground from the first days of the war. The examples also show the reasons for which Siberians appeared in the occupied territory of BSSR. Some of them lived or worked there during the prewar years, some served in the Western Special Military District armies, some arrived to Belarus after the beginning of the war as a part of detachments of the internal military districts of the Soviet Union. The other appeared in the occupied territory as a part of partisan groups and detachments, organizational and reconnaissance groups and raiding forces formed by the Central Committee of KP(B)B, the Central Committee of All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (VLKSM), NKVD-NKGB, General Staff Reconnaissance Directorate of RKKA, Councils of War of fronts and armies. The examples given in the article testify that Siberians held important positions in the Party and Komsomol “underground” structure, were commanders and commissioners, chiefs of staff, commanders of squadrons and platoons of partisan formations (groups and brigades). Many of them fought as ordinary partisans and “underground” soldiers. Many of them were decorated with medals, five Siberians (including two Belarusians) were awarded for participation in partisan movement the ranks of the Hero of the Soviet Union (two of them - posthumously). Three partisan groups had the name “Siberian”, one of the partisan brigades was named after its commander A.K.Flegontov. This research allows significantly to enrich our knowledge of the Siberians and Belarusian natives of Siberia contribution to organization and development of the partisan and underground struggle in Belarus (1941-1944).