Background
CHAYKINA, Yelizaveta was born in 1918 in village Runa, Tver' Province. Daughter of a peasant.
CHAYKINA, Yelizaveta was born in 1918 in village Runa, Tver' Province. Daughter of a peasant.
1933 joined All-Russian Communist Youth League. First Communist Youth League member in her native village. Ran village reading room.
1939 elected secretary, Pyonev Rayon Communist Youth League Committee, Velikiye Luki Oblast. After German occupation stayed in Pyonev Rayon and continued as secretary, underground Communist Youth League rayon comt. Helped organize partisan detachment and participated in its operations.
November 1941 conducted discussions on 24th anniversary' of October Revol in 15 occupied village. 22 November 1941 arrested by German authorities at Krasnoye Pokatishche.