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| Article by A. Lutskevich “At the turn of the years” on
the successes in the Belarusian national movement in 1914. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 25 December 1914. № 51-52. P. 1-2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103) |
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| Editorial article “Call for work” on the situation in
the sphere of the Belarusian national rebirth. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 9 January 1915. № 1. P. 1. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103) |
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| Editorial article “The immediate task” on the
necessity of raising the cultural level of all strata of the population by
wider access to the theatrical art in the native language based on
Belarusian realities. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 6 February 1915. № 5. P. 1. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103) |
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| Article by Ya. Oklich “Work in the field of culture”
on the necessity of nationwide work in the national rebirth of the
Belarusian people. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 21 February 1915. № 7. P. 1. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103) |
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| Story “The native language in schools” on the
necessity of teaching non-Russian children in their native language in the
first two years. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 19 March 1915. № 11. P. 4. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103) |
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| Story “The Belarusian language in schools” on the
recognition of the right to learn religion in the native language for
Belarusian children. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 19 March 1915. № 11. P. 4. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103) |
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| Article by A. Lutskevich “Nearby and at the distance”
on the hostile attitude of Russian and Polish nationalists to the Belarusian
national movement and the support of the Belarusian renaissance by M. Gorky. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 9 April 1915. № 14. P. 1. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103) |
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| Newspaper set “Letters to the Nasha Niva editors from
the soldiers of the fighting army” with the readers’ thanks for the
newspaper in the native language. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 24 April 1915. № 16. P. 2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103) |
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| Essay by A. Lutskevich “Life stronger than death” on
the necessity for all strata of the population to participate in the
national-cultural rebirth of Belarus despite the hardships of war. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. [2]5 June 1915. № 25. P. 2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103) |
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| Article by A. Lutskevich “The next action” on the
necessity of taking measures for the education of the population during and
after the war. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 7 August1915. № 31. P. 1-2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103) |
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| Application for permission to organise a public
lecture by M. Bogdanovich “Belarusian renaissance” (from chairman of the
Minsk division of the Belarusian Society for Assistance to War Victims to
the Governor of Minsk). 29 November 1916. Manuscript on institutional letterhead. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9187, l. 409) |
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| Plan of M. Bogdanovich’s lecture “Belarusian
renaissance”. 29 November 1916. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9187, l. 410) |
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| Instructions from the Governor of Minsk to the Chief
of Minsk City Police to inform the chairman of the Minsk division of the
Belarusian Society for Assistance to War Victims about the refusal to
conduct M. Bogdanovich’s lecture “Belarusian renaissance”. 6 January 1917. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9187, l. 412) |
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| Resolution of the Belarusian National Committee. Minsk. 26 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Istoriia Belarusi. Sbornik dokumentov i materialov. Minsk, 2000. P. 259-260. Belarusian. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Resolution of the Minsk committee of the All-Russia
Peasants Union on the attitude to “Belarusian National Congress” and
“Belarusian National Committee”. 6 April 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 43. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Transcript of the Congress of Deputies of Belarusian
Party and Public Organisations (excerpt). Minsk. 8-10 June 1917. Photocopy. Print. Istoriia Belarusi. Sbornik dokumentov i materialov. Minsk, 2000. P. 266-275. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Draft programme of the Belarusian People’s Socialist
Party.
24 June 1917. Photocopy. Print. Istoriia Belarusi. Sbornik dokumentov i materialov. Minsk, 2000. P. 276-278. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Charter of the Belarusian national cultural-educational
circles in the army (excerpts). 5 August 1917. Photocopy. Print. Istoriia Belarusi. Sbornik dokumentov i materialov. Minsk, 2000. P. 278-279. Belarusian. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Charter of the Central Rada (Council) of Belarusian
Organisations. 5-6 August 1917. Photocopy. Print. Istoriia Belarusi. Sbornik dokumentov i materialov. Minsk, 2000. P. 280-281. Belarusian. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Information on the first session of the Central Rada of
Belarusian Organisations. 5-6 August 1917. Photocopy. Print. Istoriia Belarusi. Sbornik dokumentov i materialov. Minsk, 2000. P. 281-282. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Declaration of the Belarusian Regional Committee at the
All-Russia Soviet of Peasants’ Deputies (excerpt). 17 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Istoriia Belarusi. Sbornik dokumentov i materialov. Minsk, 2000. P. 293-297. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Decision of the Third Congress of Soviets of Peasants’
Deputies in Minsk and Vilna Provinces on the territorial governance in
Belarus. 20 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 284. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| From the resolution of the Extraordinary Vitebsk
Province Congress of Soviets on the fight against Belarusian bourgeois
nationalists. 13 December 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 326-327. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Announcement by the Council of People’s Commissars of
the Western Region and Front on the dissolution of the nationalist
“Belarusian Congress” convened by the counter-revolutionary “Belarusian
Rada”. 20 December 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 339-341. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Decree of the Council of People’s Commissars of the
Western Region and Front on the dissolution of the Belarusian Army Rada. 30 January 1918. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 371-372. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Declaration of the Second Congress of Soviets of
Western Region on the counter-revolutionary policy of the “Belarusian Rada”. 14 April 1918. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 389-390. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Manifestation in Minsk. March 1917. Photocopy. Photo. Illustrirovannaia khronologiia istorii Belarusi. Minsk, 2000. P. 209. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Appeal of the Chairman of Minsk City Militia M. Frunze
on occasion of the overthrow of the autocracy (excerpt). 6 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 885. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Appeal to workmen to join the Minsk militia (newspaper
“Izvestiia Minskogo Soveta”). 7 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 886. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| On the organisation and decisions of the Minsk Soviet
of Workers’ Deputies (newspaper “Izvestiia Minskogo Soveta”). 7 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 885-886. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Political situation in Minsk and the creation of new
authorities (from report of the Chief Factory Inspector of Minsk Province to
the Ministry of Trade and Industry). 8 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 894-896. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Revolutionary events in Minsk (newspaper “Pravda”). 15 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 898. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Creation of new authorities in Minsk Province
(telegram of the chairman of the Council of Ministers and the Interior
Minister to the chairman of the Minsk Province Zemstvo Board). 8 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 892. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Organisation and tasks of the Vitebsk Soviet of
Workers’ Deputies (from report of the Soviet Executive Committee). 8 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 889-890. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Manifestation of workers and soldiers in Molodechno. March 1917. Photocopy. Photo. Illustrirovannaia khronologiia istorii Belarusi. Minsk, 2000. P. 210. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Information on the creation of the Orsha Soviet of
Workers’ Deputies. 8 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 888-889. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Establishment of the Minsk united organisation of the
Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party (newspaper “Izvestiia Minskogo
Soveta”). 9 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 890. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Establishment of the Minsk Bolshevik Committee of the
Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party (from reminiscences by A. Myasnikov
on the first anniversary of the newspaper “Zvezda”). 9 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 890-891. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Revolutionary events and the establishment of new
government bodies in Vitebsk and Minsk provinces (newspaper “Izvestiia
Petrogradskogo Soveta rabochikh i soldatskikh deputatov”). 9 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 897-898. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Appeal to soldiers by the Executive Committee of the
Minsk Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies to conduct the election of
delegates to the Soviet. 10 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 887. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Election of members of the Gomel District and Town Food
Committees (minutes of the extraordinary session of the Gomel Town Council). 14 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 902. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Arrest of the Vitebsk Provincial Commissar (newspaper
“Russkaia Volia”). 19 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 903. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Creation of workers’ soviets at the Orsha Railway
Depot, the Vydritsa Works and the Shklov Stationery Factory (from appeal to
workers by the Soviet of Workers’ Deputies of the Orsha Wire and Nail
Plant). 19 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 905. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Regulation on rural committees adopted by the Mogilev
District Zemstvo Assembly (from minute book). 22 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 891-892. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Revolutionary events in Vitebsk (newspaper “Pravda”). 23 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 898-899. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Convocation of the provincial peasants congress and the
election of M. Frunze (M. Mikhailov) as chairman of the Minsk Province
Peasants Committee (from decision by the Conference of Peasants Deputies). 23 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 907. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| On conducting elections to rural assemblies and the
formation of rural executive committees in Minsk Province (circular of the
Minsk Provincial Commissar to district commissars). 26 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 909-910. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| On the functions of new government bodies (telegram of
the Provisional Government to provincial commissars). 4 April 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 914-915. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Telegram of the chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of
the Provisional Government to the Minsk Provincial Commissar on measures
against the agrarian movement. 14 April 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 46-47. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Delegates of the First Congress of Soldiers’ and
Workers’ Deputies of the Western Front Armies and Rear near the building of
the Minsk City Theatre. April 1917. Photocopy. Photo. Illustrirovannaia khronologiia istorii Belarusi. Minsk, 2000. P. 211. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Resolutions of the First Congress of Soldiers’ and
Workers’ Deputies of the Western Front Armies and Rear on the formation of
Soviets, revolutionary reforms in the village and the workers’ issue. 13-14 April 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 45-46. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Information on the Congress of Workers’, Soldiers’ and
Peasants’ Deputies in Minsk and the establishment of the Western Front
Executive Committee. 17 April 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 48. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Materials of the First Peasants’ Congress of Minsk and
Vilna Provinces. 23 April 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 54-55. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Resolution of the Minsk Soviet on the “Milyukov note”. 22 April 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 52. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Report of the Chief Factory Inspector of Minsk Province
to the Ministry of Trade and Industry on the creation of Soviets and factory
committees in the province and the introduction of an 8-hour work day on
workers’ demand. 27 April 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 59. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Resolution of the Seventh (April) All-Russia Conference
of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party (of Bolsheviks) “On Soviets of
Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies”. 29 April 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 19-20. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Resolution of the Seventh (April) All-Russia Conference
of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party (of Bolsheviks) on the
national question, written by V. Lenin. 29 April 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 18-19. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Belarusian delegates at the First All-Russia Congress
of Peasants’ Deputies. May 1917. Photocopy. Photo. Illustrirovannaia khronologiia istorii Belarusi. Minsk, 2000. P. 213. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Information on the formation and activities of workers’
trade unions in Minsk. 4 May 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 65-66. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Charter of the Minsk Soviet. 11 May 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 74-76. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Draft declaration of the Government on issues of
economic policy. 8 June 1917. Photocopy. Print. Istoriia gosudarstva i prava Rossii v dokumentakh i materialakh. S drevneishikh vremion po 1930 g. Minsk, 2005. P. 347-348. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| On the dismissal of the Provisional Government’s
district commissars by the armed soldiers and peasants in Minsk Province. 12 June 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 92-93. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| On manifestation of workers, soldiers and employees in
Minsk on 18 June. 20 June 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 102. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| From the resolution of protest by the Minsk Soviet
Executive Committee against the repressions of revolutionary workers’
organisations by the Provisional Government. 7 July 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 124. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| From resolution of the Minsk Soviet on the political
situation in the country, abolition of death penalty, liquidation of the
State Duma and the State Council. 5 August 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 146-147. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| On Power (resolution announced by the Bolshevik fraction at
the session of the Central Executive Committee). 31 August 1917. Photocopy. Print. Istoriia gosudarstva i prava Rossii v dokumentakh i materialakh. S drevneishikh vremion po 1930 g. Minsk, 2005. P. 356-357. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| From application of the Chief of Minsk City Militia M.
Frunze (M. Mikhailov) and other militia staff to the City Council on the
militia’s insubordination to the Provisional Government. August 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 158-159. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| From resolutions and decisions of the First
North-Western Regional Conference of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour
Party (of Bolsheviks) (excerpt). September 1917. Photocopy. Print. Istoriia Belarusi. Sbornik dokumentov i materialov. Minsk, 2000. P. 282-285. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Resolution of the Executive Committee of Soviet of
Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies of the Western Front on the abolition of the
State Duma and State Council, dissolution of counter-revolutionary
organisations, and creation of Army Soviets. 26 September 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 198. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| M. Frunze (M. Mikhailov) – in Minsk from April 1916 to
September 1917 held posts as a statistician at the Committee of the Western
Front of the All-Russia Zemstvo Union, in March 1917 militia chief for
public order in Minsk, commanded the fighting squads of workers and soldiers
that captured the major government institutions, chief of Minsk City
Militia, by summer 1917 chairman of the Executive Committee of Soviet of
Peasants’ Deputies in Minsk and Vilna Provinces, editor of “Krestianskaia
gazeta” (The Peasant’s Newspaper), one of the editors of the bolshevik
newspaper “Zvezda” (The Star), organiser and member of the Minsk city
committee of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party, member of the
Soldiers’ Committee of the Western Front, member of the executive committee
of the Minsk Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies. Photocopy. Photoreproduction. Illustrirovannaia khronologiia istorii Belarusi. Minsk, 2000. P. 228. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Information on the victory of the Bolsheviks at the
reelection of the Minsk Soviet (newspaper “Burevestnik”). 8 October 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 212-213. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Appeal of the Revolutionary Military
Committee of the Petrograd Soviet “To citizens of Russia”, written by V.
Lenin. 25 October 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 231. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Order № 1 of the Minsk Soviet Executive Committee on
the transition of power to the Soviet. 25 October 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 243-244. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Information of the Executive Committee of Soviets of
the Western Region on the establishment of the Revolutionary Committee at
the Minsk Soviet. 27 October 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 244-245. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Declaration of the rights of the peoples of Russia. 2 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Istoriia gosudarstva i prava Rossii v dokumentakh i materialakh. S drevneishikh vremion po 1930 g. Minsk, 2005. P. 367-368. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Information on the arrival of an armoured train in
Minsk for the protection of the Minsk Soviet and the city. 1 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 255. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Appeal of the Minsk Soviet Executive Committee “To
workers, peasants, soldiers and all citizens of the Western Front” on the
counter-revolutionary acts of the “Committee for Salvation of Revolution”,
the recall of Soviet representatives from the committee and their joining
the Revolutionary Military Committee of the Western Front. 2 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 259-260. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Appeal of the Minsk Soviet Executive Committee to Minsk
workers to pay a day’s salary to the Soviet’s revolutionary fund. 8 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 263. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Order of the Revolutionary Military Committee of the
Western Front for the temporary closure of newspaper “Minskaia zhyzn”,
protection of trains, lighting of Minsk streets, the fight against the
plundering of the people’s property. 8 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 264. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Resolution of the Central Committee of the Russian
Social-Democratic Labour Party on the state power. 13 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Istoriia gosudarstva i prava Rossii v dokumentakh i materialakh. S drevneishikh vremion po 1930 g. Minsk, 2005. P. 370-371. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Letter of the Polesye Committee of the Russian
Social-Democratic Labour Party (of Bolsheviks) to the Party’s Central
Committee regarding the victory of the Bolsheviks at the elections to the
Gomel Soviet and the Constituent Assembly. 18 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 277. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Wireless message of the Mogilev Revolutionary Military
Committee on the transition of power to the Committee. 18 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 277-278. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Order № 8 of the Mogilev Revolutionary Military
Committee on the control of the General Headquarters and announcing the
Provisional Government under house arrest. 19 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 279-280. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Executive Committee of the Mogilev Soviet of Workers’
and Soldiers’ Deputies. November 1917. Photocopy. Photo. Illustrirovannaia khronologiia istorii Belarusi. Minsk, 2000. P. 215. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| From resolution of the Third Congress of Soviets of
Peasants’ Deputies of Minsk and Vilna Provinces on the land question. 20 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 283. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Resolution of the Congress of Soviet of Workers’ and
Soldiers’ Deputies of the Western Region on the current moment. 21 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 286-287. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Resolution of the Second Congress of the Western Front
Armies “On the establishment of Soviet power on the Western Front and in the
region”. 25 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 296-297. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| On the foundation of the Executive Committee of the
Western Region and Front. 26 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 304-305. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| From resolution of the Regional Council of People’s
Commissars, the Executive Committee of the Western Region and Front and the
Revolutionary Military Committee on the arrest of the Ukrainian Rada in
Minsk and measures for combatting the Polish legionaries. November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 310-311. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Decree of the Mogilev Soviets Provincial Executive
Committee on the arrest of members of the Union of Land Owners,
counter-revolutionary bourgeoisie and landlords. 16 January 1918. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 364. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Decree of the Minsk Soviet on the dissolution of the
Minsk City Council. 23 January 1918. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 368. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Information on measures taken by the Mogilev Province
Executive Committee against the counter-revolutionary revolt in Klimovichi. 23 January 1918. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 369. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Resolution of the Second Congress of Soviets of the
Western Region. 14 April1918. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 387. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Information on the dissolution of the
counter-revolutionary Congress of Mensheviks and Socialist-Revolutionaries
in Vitebsk. 19 July 1918. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 412. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Order of the Minsk Province Revolutionary Military
Committee on the restoration of Soviet power in the province. 10 December 1918. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 429. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Report of the Executive Committee of the Western Region
and Front to the chairman of the RSFSR Council of People’s Commissars V.
Lenin on the establishment and strengthening of Soviet power in the Western
Region (excerpt).
1918. Photocopy. Print. Istoriia Belarusi. Sbornik dokumentov i materialov. Minsk, 2000. P. 304-308. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Distribution of the Bolshevik literature to soldiers
who returned from German captivity. Orsha. 1918. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-30209) |
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| Bolshevik newspapers of the Western Region and Front
(fragments of first pages). 1917-1918. Photocopy. Print. Illustrirovannaia khronologiia istorii Belarusi. Minsk, 2000. P. 225. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| A. Myasnikov – from September 1917 to May 1918 chairman
of the North-Western Regional Committee of the Russian Communist Party (of
Bolsheviks), from November 1917 chairman of the Executive Committee of the
Western Region, commander of the Western Front, from December 1917 acting
Supreme Commander-in-Chief. Photo 1915. (BGAKFFD, 0-98150) |
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| K. Lander – after the February Revolution of 1917
secretary of the Western Front Zemstvo Union and member of the Minsk and
North-Western regional committees of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour
Party (of Bolsheviks), in October 1917 member of the Revolutionary Military
Committee of the Western Region and Front and chairman of the Minsk Soviet
of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies, delegate to the Constituent Assembly
from the Western Front and Minsk District № 9, after October 1917 chairman
of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Western Region and Front,
member of the All-Russia Central Executive Committee Presidium, in 1918-1919
plenipotentiary of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (of
Bolsheviks) on mobilisation of labour army and work in Minsk and Smolensk
provinces. Photocopy. Photo. Illustrirovannaia khronologiia istorii Belarusi. Minsk, 2000. P. 226. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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| Directive of the People’s Commissariat for
Nationalities of the RSFSR on practical measures in the foundation of the
Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. 27 December 1918. Photocopy. Print. Istoriia Belarusi. Sbornik dokumentov i materialov. Minsk, 2000. P. 323-324. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War) |
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