Situation in unoccupied Belarusian lands

Refugees and resettlers

1914
Article “Resettlers” about changes in the procedure of the mass resettlement of Belarusians to Siberia, which began before the First World War.  Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 21 August 1914. № 33. P. 2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Resolution of the Minsk City Duma (Council) on assistance to refugees who arrived in Minsk. 24 September 1914. Manuscript in printed register. (NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3639, l. 799 ob.-800)
Application of S. Gazdzitskaya, lady of Ozertsy estate, Orsha district, Mogilev province to the Chief of Tolochin Station, Aleksandrov Railway about a wish to provide room for 30 refugees from Warsaw. 1 October 1914. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 8576, l. 8)
Refugee camp in the forest near Baranovichi, Novogrudok district. Minsk province. [1914-1916]. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-75970)
1915
Article “Refugees” on the placement of Jewish refugees. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 9 April 1915. № 14. P. 4. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Account by V. Lastovsky on the hard condition of refugees. 30 June 1915. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 9 July 1915. № 27. P. 1-2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Report by the Zemstvo Chief of 3rd Pinsk District to the Governor of Minsk on the assistance to refugees at Luninets Station, Polesye Railway. 4 July 1915. Typescript on institutional letterhead. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9030, l. 37-37 ob.)
Article “A useless alarm” about the Supreme Commander’s order explaining the conditions of population resettlement, destruction of crops and property in case of war necessity. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 9 July 1915. № 27. P. 1. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Article by A. Lutskevich “The biggest sacrifice” about the tragedy of local inhabitants forced to leave their homes during the retreat of the Russian army.  Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 31 July 1915. № 29-30. P. 2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Order of the Commandant of Brest-Litovsk Fortress for the evacuation of families of servicemen from the fortress. 1 August 1915. Certified copy. Typescript. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 558, op. 1, d. 536, l. 249-249 ob.)
Stories “Resettlement of Jews”, “Refugees” and “Arrangement of refugees” about the influx of refugees and resettlers of various nationalities and their placement in the internal provinces of Russia. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 7 August 1915. № 31. P. 4. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Story by M. Skarevsky “Our complaints” on the necessity to help refugees. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 7 August 1915. № 31. P. 2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Application for assistance in the placement of church members and Old Believers in Minsk province (from the dean of the Intercession Church of Common Faith, Warsaw eparchy, missionary priest K. Seravkin to the Governor of Minsk). 9 August 1915. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9028, l. 99-100)
Report on the hard conditions of refugees (from the guard chief of Moscow-Brest Highway in Minsk province, police chief of Bobruisk F. Orlov to the Governor of Minsk). 10 August 1915. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9028, l. 81-82)
Report on the plundering of property of local inhabitants by the refugees travelling from Privislinsky Region (from Warsaw police officer staying at Tokarnya Station, Bobruisk district, Minsk province to the police superintendant of Warsaw police, 3rd precinct). 18 August 1915. Copy. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9105, l. 421-421 ob.)
Certificates issued to student P. Zhavrid by the Plenipotentiary for Refugee Affairs at the Western Front. 21 August, 21 November 1915. Print, manuscript on institutional letterhead. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 247, l . 10)
Armband “Northern Aid” of P. Zhavrid, representative of Plenipotentiary for Refugee Affairs at the Western Front. [1915-1916]. Museum exhibit. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 247, l. 123-123 ob.)
Report on measures to protect Khmelniki estate near Bobruisk from plundering by refugees, local residents and low rank soldiers (from Chief of Bobruisk Town Police F. Orlov to the Governor of Minsk). 27 August 1915. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9105, l. 477-477 ob.)
On extremely hard situation of refugees and plundering of the Khmelniki estate of landowner Stankevich (letter of landowner Stankevich to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers).  8 September 1915. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 836. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Looting of the estates of Prince Svyatopolk-Mirsky in Novogrudok district by refugees and soldiers (telegram of Prince Svyatopolk-Mirsky to the Minister of Interior).  2 September 1915. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 878. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Seizure of hay, oats and rye at the estate of Mokhorty, Slutsk district (report by the Chief of Slutsk District Police to the Governor of Minsk). 15 September 1915. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 874. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Report by police officer of Igumen district M. Strokovsky to the Governor of Minsk on the condition of refugees in the district. 24 September 1915. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9033, l. 36-39)
Register of the Minsk provincial division of the Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna’s Committee for the relief of refugees in Minsk and Novogrudok districts. 8 October 1915. Copy. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 8639, l. 40-40 ob.)
Employment of able-bodied refugees in forced works (telegram of the Governor of Minsk to police chiefs in Minsk province). 15 November 1915. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 838. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Petition for prohibiting refugees who left Minsk province from returning to the province (telegram of the Governor of Minsk to the Ministry of Interior). 21 November 1915. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 838. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Impossibility to evacuate refugees from Minsk province (notification by the Deputy Plenipotentiary for Refugee Affairs at the Western Front to the Governor of Minsk). 26 November 1915. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 838. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Refugees camp near Slutsk. 1915. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-126825)
Refugees in the area of Slutsk. Minsk province. 1915. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-107132)
Refugees receive food at a food distribution center of the Russian Red Cross. Belarus. 1915. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 1-694)
1916
Telegram of the Governor of Minsk to the Refugee Department on the number of refugees in Minsk province from 1 January 1916. 8 January 1916. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9032, l. 175)
Data on the number of refugees in Minsk province. 20 March 1916. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 511, op. 1, d. 1, l. 44)
Refugees at rest in the area of Bobruisk.  Minsk province. 1916. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 1-14056)
Removal of ration cards from refugees who refused to join agricultural workers teams (letter of the Plenipotentiary for Refugee Affairs at the Western Front, Mogilev Rear Branch to the Mogilev provincial division of the All-Russian Zemstvo Union). 3 May 1916. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 840. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Use of refugees in agricultural works in Novogrudok district (letter of the Novogrudok District Zemstvo Board to the head of the Western Front Union of Cities, Minsk District). 14 May 1916. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 840. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Letter of the Chief of the Vitebsk Province Gendarme Department, Colonel A. Shultz to the Chief of Staff of the Dvinsk Military District on the necessity to deport the nomad Gypsies outside the Vitebsk province for the whole of the war. 10 July 1916. Copy. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 1430, op. 1, d. 49979, l. 2-2 ob.)
File № 8 “Applications of refugees for assistance” (front cover). 1916. Print. (NARB, f. 672, op. 1, d. 8)
Report of the Chief of Minsk District Police to the Governor of Minsk on the opening of school for children refugees from Poland at the estate of landowner Lubansky at Loshitsa, Senno village community. 29 September 1916. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 8960, l. 226-226 ob.)
List of Vitebsk organisations for aid to refugees and war sufferers. 2 November 1916. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 1430, op. 1, d. 50064, l. 479-480)
Students, teachers and attendance personnel of the school orphanage for refugee children at Gorodok. Vileika district, Vilna province. 26 December 1916. Photocopy. Photo from the collection of E. Solomevich. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
1917
Report on the number of refugees in Minsk (from the refugee division of the Minsk provincial committee of the All-Russian Zemstvo Union to the medical division).  7 August 1917. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 700, op. 1, d. 259, l. 4)
Letter on the organisation of refugee committees at Lakhva, Mikashevichi, Koptsevichi and Ptich (from the chief economic manager for Mozyr district to the refugee division of the Minsk provincial committee of the All-Russian Zemstvo Union). 6 October 1917. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 700, op. 1, d. 270, l. 40-40 ob.)
Charter of the Central Belarusian Committee on Refugees. Minsk. [1917]. Typescript. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 232, l. 16-16 ob.)
Resolution of the Refugee Commission [Central Belarusian Committee on Refugees] on the organisation of local Belarusian refugee committees. [1917]. Typescript. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 232, l. 17)
1918
Application of the Presidium of the Belarusian Refugee Committee of the Western Front to the Minsk City Council for the expansion of its powers. [March 1918]. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3677, l. 82-83)
Report of the charity commission to the Minsk City Council with proposal to create a united organisation for aid to refugees passing through Minsk. 20 March 1918. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 24, op. 1, d. 3661, l. 36)
Cover page of the minutes of the All-Russian Congress of Belarusian Refugees. Moscow. 1918. Photocopy. Print. Illustrirovannaia khronologiia istorii Belarusi. Minsk, 2000. P. 224. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Notification of the All-Russian Congress of Belarusian Refugees to V. I. Lenin on his election as honoured chairman of the congress. 17 July 1918. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 411. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Address of welcome from the All-Russian Congress of Belarusian Refugees to the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. 17 July 1918. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 411. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
From resolution of general meeting of Belarusian refugees at Saratov on the support to Soviet power and the liberation of Belarus from German occupation. 26 August 1918. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 419. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)