Military operations in Belarusian lands

Protest moods and mutinies on Russia’s Western Front

Looting of landowners’ estates by mobilised reserve soldiers (from report of the Police Chief of Mozyr District to the Governor of Minsk). 29 July 1914. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 875-876. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Desertion of soldiers of the Lida Regiment from the front (telegram of the Police Chief of Novogrudok District to the Governor of Minsk). 15 September 1914. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 876. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Escape of easily wounded soldiers from sanitary trains (circular of the Department of Police to province governors and city mayors). 17 December 1914. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 877. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Escorting of groups of national militia by guard detachments (instruction of the Governor of Minsk to police chiefs). 30 July [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)
Search of soldiers who did not return from leave and their transfer to unit commanders (circular of the Governor of Minsk to police and zemstvo chiefs). 8 August 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)
Report of Minsk police officer to the Chief of Minsk City Police on the concentration of deserters and absentees of low ranks in the area of Nizhny Bazar and the necessity to sent there a military patrol. 20 October 1915. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 300, op. 1, d. 92, l. 316-316 ob.)
Armed action of soldiers and sailors at the Gomel distribution center (report of the Mogilev Province Gendarme Department to the Department for Protecting the Public Security and Order in Petrograd). 18 November 1916. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 879-880. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
M. Kokovikhin – one of the organisers of revolutionary actions by soldiers at the fortress of Brest in World War I. Before 1917. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 2-1755)
Data on the number of arrested deserters in Mogilev province in December 1916 (reports of district police chiefs to the Governor of Mogilev). Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 880-882. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
List of deserters arrested during the round-up between 3 and 29 December 1916 in Polotsk district, Vitebsk province. December 1916. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 3328, op. 1, d. 6, l. 36, 39, 45, 90, 103, 133-133 ob., 191, 192, 193-193 ob.)
Arrest in Vitebsk of a large number of men avoiding conscription (from newspaper “Orshanski Vestnik”). 14 January 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 882. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Data on deserters arrested in Bykhov district (report of the Police Chief of Bykhov District to the Governor of Mogilev). January 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 882. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Attitude of soldiers in the 2nd Army (from  report of military censors on surveillance of correspondence). March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 913. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
From minutes of the general meeting of soldiers’ deputies in Minsk. 11 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 893-894. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Address of welcome from soldiers of the 4th Aviation Park in Vitebsk to the Petrograd Council of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies (newspaper “Izvestiia Petrogradskogo Soveta rabochikh i soldatskih deputatov”).  12 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 894. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Report from soldiers of the 34th Transport Battalion to the Committee of Soldiers’ and Workers’ Deputies on the current situation in the unit. 19 March 1917. Copy. Typescript. (NARB, f. 60 p, op. 3, d. 353, l. 7)
Petition from soldiers of the Field Engineer Company, 61st Siberian Rifle Regiment to the Council of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies to abolish the tsarist regime in their company. 19 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 903-904. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
On solidarity between workers and soldiers and their support for the Council of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies (resolution of meeting of the Reserve Battalion of the Grenadier Guard Regiment). 31 March 1917. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. T. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 912. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Revolutionary leaflets distributed among soldiers in belligerent armies. 1917. Russian, German. Photocopy. Print. Belarus: Narod. Gosudarstvo. Vremia. Minsk, 2009. P. 229. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Meeting at the Turkestan Division with members of the Central Executive Committee of the Council of Soldiers’ and Workers’ Deputies. Western Front. 1 April 1917. Photocopy. Photo from the collection of M. Lukovnikova. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Delegates of the First Congress of the Western Front Army and Rear Deputies near the city theater in Minsk. 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)
Telegram to the Minister of War from the Western Front headquarters on the spread of propaganda among soldiers. 14 April 1917. Copy. Typescript. (NARB, f. 60 п, op. 3, d. 253, l. 55)
Minutes of the common meeting of citizens in Stary Bykhov, Mogilev province on the necessity of taking measures for protection of citizens’ rights and security against acts of violence committed by army troops billeted in the city. 24 September 1917. Typescript. (NIAB, f. КМF 7, op. 1, d. 43, l. 2)
Soldiers’ meeting on the Western Front.  October 1917. Photocopy. Photo. Illustrirovannaia khronologiia istorii Belarusi. Minsk, 2000. P. 214. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Resolution of the Second Congress of the Western Front Armies on the current situation. 22 November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Istoriia Belarusi. Sbornik dokumentov i materialov. Minsk, 2000. P. 297-299. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
The first red banner on the observation tower at the headquarters of the Turkestan Division. Western Front. 1917. Photocopy. Photo from the collection of M. Lukovnikova. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Detachment commanded by R. Berezin which participated in the liquidation of the General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander of the Russian Army at Mogilev. 1917. Photocopy. Photo. Illustrirovannaia khronologiia istorii Belarusi. Minsk, 2000. P. 217. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Map “The Dovbor-Musnitsky Rebellion” (anti-Soviet revolt of the 1st Polish Corps). January-February 1918. Photocopy. Print. Atlas historyi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion. Minsk, 2006. P. 102. Belarusian. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Corps of Dovbor-Musnitsky at Mogilev. March 1918. Photocopy. Photo. Atlas historyi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion. Minsk, 2006. P. 102. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)