Background
KHORUZHAYA, Vera was born in 1903.
KHORUZHAYA, Vera was born in 1903.
Graduate Party school. 1919 graduate labor school in Mozyr’.
Taught at rural school in Poles’ye. 1920, after establishment of Soviet regime, joined the Communist Youth League. Fought against countcr-revol forces.
Communist Youth League work. Editor, newspaper Malady araty. From 1924 underground work in Western Belorussian.
Helped found Belorussian Communist Youth League. Secretary, Central Committee, West Belorussian Communist Youth League. Member, Central Committee, Polish Communist Youth League and Central Committee, Communist Party Western Belorussian.
1924-1932 imprisoned in Poland. From 1932 in Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics; Party work. At outset of World War 2 joined Belorussian partisan detachment and sent behind enemy lines.
Underground Party work in occupied Vitebsk. Arrested by German occupation authorities.
Communist Party member from 1921.