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Belarus in the War of 1812

Fonds of the Belarusian Local Defence (Belorusskaya kraevaya oborona BKO)

Belarusian Local Defence (BKO) — NARB, fond 382, 20 items, 1944:
Orders, instructions of the BKO command. Reports of the BKO commanders. Texts of military oath and drill regulations. Lists, autobiographies, questionnaires of the BKO officers and men. Correspondence with the BKO okrug administration on official matters. Wage sheets.

Glubokoe Okrug Administration —  State Archives of Vitebsk Region, fond 2837, 7 items, 1942-1944:
Correspondence with the command. Personnel records (lists, instructions, questionnaires).

Minsk Okrug Administration — NARB, fond 382, 21 items, 1944:
Orders and instructions of the Occupation authorities and the BKO command. Drill regulations. Lists of men in battalions Nos. 4, 10, 24, 29, 33.

Battalion No 10 — State Archives of Minsk Region, fond 1629, 10 items, 1944:
Orders of the battalion commander. Instructions of the BKO headquarters on propaganda work. Correspondence with the BKO okrug administration concerning the mobilisation of local residents. Lists, questionnaires, and autobiographies of conscripts and the battalion men.

Battalion No 27 — State Archives of Minsk Region, fond 1546, 8 items, 1944:
Applications of local residents for dismissal from service in the BKO. Lists and reports of medical examination of the Kletsk district residents liable for service in the BKO.

Abbreviations:

NARB - National Archives of the Republic of Belarus

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