Entry of European countries into the war

First year of the war in the territory of the Russian Empire

1914
Information on Germany’s declaration of war on Russia on 19 July 1914. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 25 July 1914. № 29. P. 2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Manifesto of Nicholas II on the entry of Russia into the war with Germany. 20 July 1914. Copy. Print. (NIAB, f. 1416, op. 1, d. 2350, l. 2-2 ob.)
Information on  Nicholas II’s speech in the Winter Palace on granting victory to the Russian army in the war.  Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 25 July 1914. № 29. P. 2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Decree of Nicholas II of 20 July 1914 appointing Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich as Supreme Commander of the Russian Army. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 25 July 1914. № 29. P. 2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Decree of  Nicholas II of 20 July 1914 declaring a state of martial law in Russian provinces. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 25 July 1914. № 29. P. 2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Decree of Nicholas II to the Governing Senate on the army mobilisation. 24 July 1914. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. Vol. III. Minsk, 1953. P. 783-784. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Survey of events “On the theatre of war” on the military situation in Russia. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 25 July 1914. № 29. P. 3. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Manifesto of Nicholas II on the beginning of hostilities between Russia and Austria-Hungary. 26 July 1914. Copy. Print. (NIAB, f. 1416, op. 1, d. 2762, l. 2-2 ob.)
Survey of events “At war” on military operations in Russia. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 1 August1914. № 30. P. 1. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Survey of events “The war” on the situation on the Russian-Austrian and Russian-German theatres of war. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 1 August 1914. № 30. P. 1-2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Survey of events “From Belarus and Lithuania” on the situation in different theatres. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 8 August 1914. № 31. P. 2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Appeal of the Supreme Commander to the Poles calling them to show loyalty to Russia in struggle against the Slavs’ enemy and promising them protection. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 8 August 1914. № 31. P. 1. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
News item on the announcement of martial law on the railway. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 21 August 1914. № 33. P. 2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Article “Two months of the war” on the situation on the front line.  Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 18 September 1914. № 37. P. 1. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Survey of newspaper reports “Around the war” on the Battle of the Nieman River. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 2 October 1914. № 39. P. 2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Manifesto of Nicholas II on the beginning of hostilities between Russia and Turkey. 20 October 1914. Copy. Print. (NIAB, f. 1416, op. 1, d. 2360, l. 12)
Application from a student of the Gorki agricultural college to the director of the Gorki educational establishments for permission to finish education after the war because of departure for the front as a volunteer. 22 October 1914. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 2260, op. 1, d. 597, l. 53)
Russian soldiers attack German positions. 1914. Photocopy. Photo. Belarus: Narod. Gosudarstvo. Vremia. Minsk, 2009. P. 222. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Reminiscences by G. Marutik, resident of Bryksichi village, Baranovich district about the First World War. Sound record. 1970-1980. Duration 6:49 mins. (BGAKFFD, № 256)
Accounts of the 1914 events. Radio programme of the Minsk News Agency. Sound record. Duration 1:58 mins. (BGAKFFD, № 274)
1915
Russian soldiers in a trench. 1915. Photocopy. Photo. Belarus: Narod. Gosudarstvo. Vremia. Minsk, 2009. P. 224. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Russian trenches on the Western Front. 1915. Photocopy. Photo. Atlas historyi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion. Minsk, 2006. P. 97. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
German soldiers attack. 1915. Photocopy. Photo. Belarus: Narod. Gosudarstvo. Vremia. Minsk, 2009. P. 223. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Gas attack on the Western Front.  1915. Photocopy. Photo. Atlas historyi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion. Minsk, 2006. P. 97. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Secret report on the arrest of German pilots who watched the movement of Russian troops (from the assistant chief of the Grodno Province Gendarme Department to the department’s chief). 26 February 1915. Typescript on institutional letterhead. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 588, op. 1, d. 226, l. 12)
List of military units stationed in the area of Minsk. [March] 1915. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 300, op. 1, d. 114, l. 76-77 ob.)
News report by I. Chaleevsky “At the fortress”. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 24 April 1915. № 16. P. 2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
News report by Ya. Shpet “From the position” on the situation on the front line.  Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 1 May 1915. № 17. P. 1-2. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Order by the Commandant of Brest-Litovsk Fortress informing the fortress garrison of the heroism shown by pilots of the 26th Corps Aviation Unit in air combat. 27 June 1915. Certified copy. Hectograph. Typescript. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 558, op. 1, d. 536, l. 178-178 ob.)
Order by the Commandant of Brest-Litovsk Fortress informing the fortress garrison of the heroism shown by a battery of the fortress militiamen. 28 June 1915. Certified copy. Hectograph. Typescript. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 558, op. 1, d. 536, l. 180-180 ob.)
Article by A. Lutskevich “The year of the war”. [July] 1915. Autograph of A. Lutskevich. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 1, d. 97, l. 59-61)
Attack by the defenders of Osovets Fortress (so-called “attack of the dead” in which several dozen gas-poisoned Russian soldiers forced back 14 German battalions). August 1915. Photocopy. Photo. http://aleksandkosi.narod.ru (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Detailed maps of the Western, Polish-German and Baltic fronts. [Not earlier than August 1915]. Print. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9270б, l. 267а)