Situation in unoccupied Belarusian lands

Struggle against so-called German dominance and espionage

Struggle against so-called German dominance
Circular on the procedure of education for children of Austrian and German subjects issued by His Imperial Majesty’s Personal Chancellery for Empress Maria’s Institutions to the heads of educational institutions. 8 October 1914. Copy. Print. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 39, op. 2, d. 16, l. 29)
Circular of the Interior Minister to provincial governors on the renaming of localities bearing German names. 15 October 1914. Print. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 18, op. 1, d. 2245, l. 1)
Article “The German language” on the prohibition of using the German language in mail correspondence. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 28 May 1915. № 21. P. 4. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Report of the Police Chief of Rechitsa District to the Governor of Minsk on the resettlement of German colonists from Kholmy district, Lublin province and Vlodav district, Sedlets province through the district of Rechitsa, Minsk province. 2 July 1915. Typescript on institutional letterhead. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 8982, l. 1-2 ob.)
Fragment from the register of the Minsk Provincial Administration concerning the replacement of German names into Russian ones for Malinger estate and Neigertowo village in Minsk district, Wittgenstein station and Lewenhof farmstead in Borisov district,  Neidorf and Grintal colonies in Rechitsa district, and Kurlandia estate in Slutsk district. 14 July 1915. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 1595, op. 1, d. 3696, l. 7-8)
Transcript of interrogation of E. Schmidt, resident of the German colony in Anselmovka, Karolin volost, Mozyr district, Minsk province by the police officer of Mozyr district concerning the origin and property status of her husband H.-E. Schmidt. 26 July 1915. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 299, op. 2, d. 15820, l. 3-3 ob.)
Telegram of the Governor of Vitebsk M. Artsimovich  to Major General in the Retinue of His Majesty A. Resin with the characteristics of the government officials of German origin resettled from Vitebsk province. 23 September 1915. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 1430, op. 2, d. 3602, l. 72)
Application of brothers V. and G. Shando, deported as Austrian subjects from the village of Volchya Gora, Rovno-Sloboda volost, Rechitsa district asking for permission to return to their former place of residence. 6 March 1916. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9270б, l. 149-149 ob.)

Struggle against espionage
Circular of the Governor of Minsk A. Girs to police chiefs on the surveillance of foreign tourists. 19 July 1914. Print. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 8591б, l. 49)
Resolution of the Mozyr District Congress of Minsk Province on strengthening measures against German and Austrian spies. 24 August 1914. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 8591б, l. 337-338)
Circular of the Vilna Province Gendarme Department on the seizure of timber held by the German firms in the war zone until clarification of their involvement in espionage. 7 November 1914. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 1430, op. 1, d. 48963, l. 12)
Fragment from radio programs “I love my  city”, “Accounts of the 1914 events”: espionage in favour of Germany in Minsk. Programs “Radio-Minsk”, Minsk News Agency. Film record. Duration 50 secs. (BGAKFFD, № 274)
Report on the execution of the court-martial verdict for Grodno resident I. Segalovich for espionage in favour of Germans (from the Governor of Suvalki to the Governor of Grodno). 10 March 1915. Typescript. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 1, op. 9, d. 2011, l. 4-4 ob.)
Order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief on the protection of combat troops against spies. Newspaper “Brest-Litovski kurier”. 21 May 1915. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 674, op. 1, d. 165, l. 76)
Secret circular on the use of secret codes for connection with the German agent in Copenhagen issued by the Ministry of Interior to gendarme chiefs.  21 May 1915. Certified copy. Hectograph. Typescript. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 366, op. 1, d. 465, l. 163-163 ob.)
Transcript of interrogation of A. Yanishevsky, resident of the German colony in Anselmovka, Karolin volost, Mozyr district, Minsk province by the police officer of Mozyr district. 20 June 1915. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 299, op. 2, d. 15821, l. 3-3 ob.)
Announcement of the Commandant of Brest-Litovsk Fortress prohibiting residents from keeping doves. 25 June 1915. Print. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 674, op. 1, 178, l. 759)
Secret letter of the Commander of the Minsk Military District Departments on the intelligence activities of employees in the Singer Company firm. 13 July 1915. Typescript. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 366, op. 1, d. 465, l. 715-716)
Secret report on the training of German and Austrian agents in special schools and their activity in collecting intelligence (from the Captain of the Gendarme Corps to the Grodno Province Gendarme Department). 24 July 1915. Typescript. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 366, op. 1, d. 465, l. 646-647)
Secret report on the methods of collecting intelligence by German agents (from the Captain of the Gendarme Corps to the Grodno Province Gendarme Department). 5 August 1915. Typescript. (NIAB in Grodno, f. 366, op. 1, d. 465, l. 695-696)
Report on the receipt of an anonymous letter of provocative character in the German language of 9 June 1915 (from the Prison Inspector of Vitebsk Province E. Strikker to the Governor of Vitebsk M. Artsimovich). 1915. Manuscript on institutional letterhead. Typescript. (NIAB, f. 1430, op. 2, d. 3602, l. 39-39 ob.)
Circular on the measures against the Austrian and German spies arriving in the province disguised as musicians, magicians etc. issued by the Governor of Vitebsk to city and district police chiefs. 30 November 1915. Typescript on institutional letterhead. (NIAB, f. 1430, op. 1, d. 53822, l. 190)
Letter on the introduction of rules for the surveillance of local residents by military police in the war zone and rear districts (from the General on Duty at the Headquarters of the Western Front, Lieutenant General Galkin to the Governor of Vitebsk). 16 March 1916. Typescript on institutional letterhead. (NIAB, f. 1416, op. 1, d. 2438, l. 1-1 ob.)