a group of several people loyal to the partisans were caught while trying to cross the border into soviet-controlled territory. one killed herself by swallowing poison but two of the red army soldiers that were captured revealed the names of the partisans under torture. the partisans were arrested and on 12 december 1942 nazarova was publicly executed by the germans in the ostrov city square. after she was hanged her lifeless corpse was left on the gallows for three days before she was buried. on 20 august 1945 she was posthumously declared a hero of the soviet union.