On the eve of the war

Soviet troops enter Western Belarus.
September 1939.
(BGAKFFD, 1-551)
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Members of a music platoon from the 333th Rifle Regiment of the Brest Fortress, P. Klypa, P. Vasiliev, N. Novikov, E. Liss, and V. Mikhailov.
Brest. [Before1941].
(BGAKFFD, 0-71932)

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Letter from the command of the Belarusian Special Military District to the Belarusian Council of People’s Commissars requesting an assistance in organising the registration of persons subject to the draft.
8 July 1940.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 1, d. 16610, l. 64)
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Directive from the staff of the Belarusian Special Military District to regional military commissars on the introduction of an additional draft.
16 July 1940.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 21, d. 17003, l. 20-21)
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Resolution of the Belarusian Communist Party Central Committee Bureau on the additional supply of workers for defensive works.
14 October 1940.
(NARB, f. 4p, op, 1, d. 15093, l. 110)
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Report from the military council of the Belarusian Special Military District to the Belarusian Communist Party Secretary, P.K. Ponomarenko, concerning the condition of the road network in the district.
27 November 1940.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 21, d. 16885, l. 122-127)
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Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus “On the deployment of military troops in the western districts of the Belarusian Republic”.
18 December 1940.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 1, d. 15115, l. 6-7)
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About the activities of the German armed forces on the border with the Soviet Union
(from intelligence report No 6 as on 1-12 March 1941).
14 March 1941.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 21. d. 18359, l. 61-62)
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About the activities of the German armed forces on the border facing the Belarusian Special Military District
(from intelligence report No 10 as on 20 April 1941).
24 April 1944.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 21, d. 18356, l. 222-223)
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Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus “On the organisation in Belarus of permanent groups and units for the elimination of the enemy paratroopers”.
26 May 1941.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 1, d. 17239, l. 1341)
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Special message from the Belarusian People’s Commissar for State Security, L.F. Tsanava, to the Belarusian Communist Party Secretary, P.K. Ponomarenko, on the movement of German troops towards the Soviet border.
20 June 1941.
(NARB, f. 4p, op. 21, d. 18372, l. 153-155)
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