The State Archives of the Minsk Region is taking part in the project «Frontline Letters» of the Mir Radio

On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Mir Radio initiated the project «Frontline Letters». The Minsk Regional Library named after A.S. Pushkin and the State Archives of the Minsk Region took part in the project. War letters will be read live on the eve of May 9.

On the pages of worn, yellowed with time triangle letters remained thoughts from what the soldiers experienced on the battlefield, their feelings for distant families. As a rule, these messages were short, but how they were awaited, these sparse lines!

The funds of the State Archives of the Minsk Region also contain letters from the war years. They contain the courage of the defenders, confidence in victory over the enemy. From a letter from soldier Viktor Peturenko to his sister Nadezhda Drozdova (collection 1262 of the Minsk Region State Archives): «I inform you that I am alive today, and my health is also quite good. <…> Of course, you don’t have to worry about me, since I am not alone in the Soviet Union. If I die, they will avenge me. So anyway, the bastard will not be on our sacred land…»

Additional information is posted on the website of the regional library.