Belarus in wartime

Military operations in Belarusian territory

Advance of Napoleon’s army
Napoleon’s proclamation to his troops at the crossing of the Niemen. 10 (22) June 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 g. Sb. dok. i materialov. Leningrad, Moscow, 1941. P. 14. (BGAMLI, library, № 3002)
Map of the advance of the French army on 12 June-20 September (24 June-2 October  N.S.). Photocopy. Photoreproduction. Atlas gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion: Dadat. da 6-tomnai Entsyklapedyi gistoryi Belarusi. Minsk, 2004. P. 64. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Map of the Vilna operation of 1812 (12 (24) June-25 June (7 July) 1812). Photoreproduction. Atlas gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion: Dadat. da 6-tomnai Entsyklapedyi gistoryi Belarusi. Minsk, 2004. P. 66. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Report from the chief of main headquarters Lavrov to the commander of the Cossack Corps M.I. Platov on Napoleon’s crossing of the Niemen. 13 (25) June 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 g. Sb. dok. i materialov. Leningrad, Moscow, 1941. P. 12. (BGAMLI, library, № 3002)
Official explanation of the retreat of the Russian army (excerpt from the headquarters announcement). 17 (29) June 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. V. Sirotkin. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 goda. Moscow, 1988. P. 69. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Diary of an Italian officer C. Lejeu (excerpt on his first impressions of Russia after Napoleon’s passage of the Niemen). 20-24 June (2-6 July) 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 g. Sb. dok. i materialov. Leningrad, Moscow, 1941. P. 17-18. (BGAMLI, library, № 3002)
Report by the marshal of Gorodok, district standard-bearer  P. Stakhov on the execution of the instruction from the Belorussian military governor Alexander Wurttemberg dated 23 June (5 July) 1812 for encouraging the nobility in fulfilling effectively their duties. Vitebsk. 27 June (9 July) 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polotsko-Vitebskaia starina. Vyp. III. Vitebsk, 1916. P. 262-263. (NIAB, library, № 16597)
The passage of Napoleon’s troops across the region of Novogrudok in the summer of 1812. 19th century lithograph. Photoreproduction. Pamiats. Navagrudski raion. Minsk, 1996. P. 168. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
The attack of the Don Cossacks under M.I. Platov at the town of Nesvizh on 27 June 1812 (9 July N.S.).  Chromolithograph by N. Bogatov, 1912. Photoreproduction. Atlas gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion: Dadat. da 6-tomnai Entsyklapedyi gistoryi Belarusi. Minsk, 2004. P. 68. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
The affair of Platov’s Cossacks at Mir on 28 June 1812 (10 July N.S.). Painting by Mazurovsky, 1912. Photoreproduction. V. Sirotkin. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 goda. Moscow, 1988. P. 46-47. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
The Council of War at Drissa (was held on 1 (13) July 1812). Painting by Apsit, 1912. Photoreproduction. Atlas gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion: Dadat. da 6-tomnai Entsyklapedyi gistoryi Belarusi. Minsk, 2004. P. 69. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Manifesto of Alexander I on recruitment into the Russian army in the provinces of Belorussia, Podolia, Volhynia, Lifland and Estland in view of the enemy’s invasion of Russia. Drissa Camp. 1 (13) July 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polotsko-Vitebskaia starina. Vyp. III. Vitebsk, 1916. P. 244-245. (NIAB, library, № 16597)
Manifesto of Alexander I on the assembly of the local militia (excerpt). 6 (18) July 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 g. Sb. dok. i materialov. Leningrad, Moscow, 1941. P. 25. (BGAMLI, library, № 3002)
Russian command’s proclamation to the Italian soldiers of Napoleon’s army. Before 7 (19) July 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 g. Sb. dok. i materialov. Leningrad, Moscow, 1941. P. 40. (BGAMLI, library, № 3002)
Proclamation by the commander of the First Western Army M.B. Barclay de Tolly to the German soldiers of Napoleon’s army. Photocopy. Printed document. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 g. Sb. dok. i materialov. Leningrad, Moscow, 1941. P. 39-40. (BGAMLI, library, № 3002)
Address of a German soldier in response to the proclamation of the First Western Army’s commander M.B. Barclay de Tolly. Photocopy. Printed document. Translation into Belarusian from Polish. Chasovaia Minskaia gazeta.1812 god. Minsk, 2008. P. 32-34. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Map of the Battle of Soltanovka 9-11 July 1812. (21-23 July N. S.). Photoreproduction. Atlas gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion: Dadat. da 6-tomnai Entsyklapedyi gistoryi Belarusi. Minsk, 2004. P. 67. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
General Rayevsky bravely leading his men into combat at the battle of Soltanovka. Painting by Samokish, 1912. Photoreproduction. Atlas gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion: Dadat. da 6-tomnai Entsyklapedyi gistoryi Belarusi. Minsk, 2004. P. 67. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Map of the Battle of Ostrovno 13-14 July 1812 (25-26 July N.S.). Photoreproduction. Atlas gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion: Dadat. da 6-tomnai Entsyklapedyi gistoryi Belarusi. Minsk, 2004. P. 68. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Record from the combat calendar of 1812 on the actions of Platov’s Don Cossacks in the area between the Dnieper and the town of Krasnoe. 16 (28) July 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Dubrovenski raion. Minsk, 1997. P. 163-164. (BGAMLI, library, № 23971)
Maps of the fights at Klyastitsy in 1812 (18-20 July (30 July-1 August) 1812). Photoreproduction. Atlas gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion: Dadat. da 6-tomnai Entsyklapedyi gistoryi Belarusi. Minsk, 2004. P. 69. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Battle of Klyastitsy 19 July 1812 (31 July N.S.). Painting by Hess, [the 1840s]. Photoreproduction. (BGAKFFD, 0-29955)
The death of Ya.P. Kulnev (killed in the battle of Klyastitsy on 19 (31) July 1812). Painting by Orlovsky, 1812. Photoreproduction. (BGAKFFD, 0-25308)
On approaches to Polotsk. 25 July 1812. (6 August N.S.). Painting by Faber du Faur, [the 1830s]. Photoreproduction. (BGAKFFD, 0-29958)
Order by the commander of the First Western Army M.B. Barclay de Tolly to the First Army explaining the causes of the retreat towards Smolensk. 20 July (1 August) 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 g. Sb. dok. i materialov. Leningrad, Moscow, 1941. P. 42. (BGAMLI, library, № 3002)
Letter from N.M. Longinov to S.P. Vorontsov sent from Petersburg (excerpt on the final goals of the war and the army’s desire to stop the retreat). 28 July (9 August) 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 g. Sb. dok. i materialov. Leningrad, Moscow, 1941. P. 43. (BGAMLI, library, № 3002)
Instruction from the military commandant of Lepel to the commission of Borisov district to distribute the food rations to Russian prisoners at the Surguchev Canal. 11 August (31 July O.S.) 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polish. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. T. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 284. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Plan of the Battle of Gorodechno, Pruzhany district on 31 July (12 August) 1812 drawn by the police officer V. Okromeshko. September 1911. (NIAB at Grodno, f. 17, op. 1, d. 521, l. 177a)
Letter from the commander of the Second Western Army P.I. Bagration to the chairman of the military department at the Council of State A.A. Arakcheyev on the necessity of the advance. July (early August N.S.) 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 g. Sb. dok. i materialov. Leningrad, Moscow, 1941. P. 44. (BGAMLI, library, № 3002)
Letter from the commander of the Second Western Army P.I. Bagration to the governor general of Moscow F.V. Rastopchin concerning his disagreements with the commander of the First Western Army M.B. Barclay de Tolly. August 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. V. Sirotkin. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 goda. Moscow, 1988. P. 70. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
The passage by the French army of the Dnieper on 14 August 1812. (2 August O.S.). Painting by Faber du Faur. Photoreproduction. (BGAKFFD, 0-29956)
The Battle of Polotsk. 5-6 August 1812. (17-18 August N.S.). Photoreproduction. (BGAKFFD, 0-25315)
Plan of the Battle of Polotsk 5-6 (17-18) August 1812. Photocopy. (BGAKFFD, 0-25312)
Battle at Polotsk, 18 August 1812. (6 August O.S.). Painting by Langlois. Photoreproduction. (BGAKFFD, 0-29951)
Instruction from the administration of Minsk department to the subprefecture of Borisov to search the three Russian prisoners who entered the French service and escaped. 19 August (7 August O.S.) 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polish. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. T. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 307. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Plan of the Bobruisk fortress that was unsuccessfully beseiged by Napoleon’s troops from 23 August (4 September) to 30 September (12 October) 1812. Drawing 1854. Photocopy. (NIAB, f. 1477, op. 1, d. 136, l. 23)
Reminiscences of the French intendant for Vitebsk province Marquis A. Pastore (excerpts detailing the initial stage of military operations at Vitebsk and Napoleon’s military plans). Photocopy. Printed document. Polotsko-Vitebskaia starina. Vyp. III. Vitebsk, 1916. P. 185, 189-190, 192. (NIAB, library, № 16597)
Reminiscences of P. de Bovalier on difficulties with provisions during the invasion of Russia and Napoleon’s underestimation of the country’s specifics. Photocopy. Printed document. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 g. Sb. dok. i materialov. Leningrad, Moscow, 1941. P. 18-19. (BGAMLI, library, № 3002)
Report from the commissar of Berezino to the subprefecture of Borisov on the capture of a Russian spy and the food reserves at the local magazine. 2 September (21 August O.S.) 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polish. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. T. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 344. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Explanatory note by the commander of the First Western Army M.B. Barclay de Tolly submitted to Alexander I from the town of Vladimir concerning the retreat of the Russian army. Before 25 October (6 November) 1812. Photocopy. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 g. Sb. dok. i materialov. Leningrad, Moscow, 1941. P. 45-46. (BGAMLI, library, № 3002)
Advance of the Russian army
Report by the marshal of the nobility of Mogilev district (excerpt). Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Kruglianski raion. Minsk, 1996. P. 128. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Map of the advance of the Russian army on 6 October-2 December 1812. (18 October-14 December N.S.). Photoreproduction. Atlas gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion: Dadat. da 6-tomnai Entsyklapedyi gistoryi Belarusi. Minsk, 2004. P. 64. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Battle of Polotsk, 7 October 1812. (19 October N.S.). Painting by Hess, [the 1840s]. Photoreproduction. (BGAKFFD, 0-25309)
Red Bridge over the Polota River at Polotsk where the Russian troops and Napoleon’s army had a battle. Photo of 1957. (BGAKFFD, 0-80939)
Reminiscences of the French intendant for Vitebsk province Marquis A. Pastore (excerpts on the recapture of Polotsk by Russian troops and the dispute among the French command). October 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polotsko-Vitebskaia starina. Vyp. III. Vitebsk, 1916. P. 202, 203. (NIAB, library, № 16597)
Address by the commander of the Russian army M.I. Kutuzov on the beginning of the counter-offensive. 19 (31) October 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. V. Sirotkin. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 goda. Moscow, 1988. P. 246. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Report from the subcommissar of Logoisk to the subprefecture of Borisov on the appearance of Russian troops in the vicinity. 1 November (20 October O.S.) 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polish. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. T. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 477. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Reminiscences of the French intendant for Vitebsk province Marquis A. Pastore (excerpt on the advance of Russian troops on Vitebsk and the assault of the town). November (October O.S.) 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polotsko-Vitebskaia starina. Vyp. III. Vitebsk, 1916. P. 204-207. (NIAB, library, № 16597)
Report by the subcommissar of Berezino on the appearance of Russian troops at the township of Berezino. 8 November (27 October O.S.) 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polish. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. T. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 484. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Reminiscences of the French intendant for Vitebsk province Marquis A. Pastore (excerpts on his meeting with Napoleon in Smolensk, their conversation about the abandonment of Vitebsk, the emperor’s critical judgement of his commanders and his opinion on Belorussia). 10 November (29 October O.S.) 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polotsko-Vitebskaia starina. Vyp. III. Vitebsk, 1916. P. 210-214. (NIAB, library, № 16597)
Report by the marshal of the nobility of Kopys district on human casualties in Napoleon’s army (excerpt). 29 October (10 November) 1813. Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Krupski raion. Minsk, 1999. P. 81. (BGAMLI, library, № 24010)
Record in the journal of military operations of the General Staff concerning the report by Lieutenant General Wittgenstein on the battle of Chashniki. 1 (13) November 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 goda. Otdel I. Zhurnaly voennykh deistviy v 1812 g. Tom XV. Boevye deistviia v 1812 g. Saint Petersburg, 1911. P. 62. (NIAB, library, № 17894)
Memoirs of A. Bourgogne, sergeant in Napoleon’s army (excerpt on the retreat of Napoleon and his close associates). 13 November (1 November O.S.) 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Krupski raion. Minsk, 1999. P. 80. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Memoirs of A. de Caulaincourt, French diplomat, participant in the war (excerpt on the disastrous situation in Napoleon’s army during the retreat). November 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Krupski raion. Minsk, 1999. P. 80. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Record from the journal of military operations of the General Staff concerning the report by the commander of the Third Western Army  Chichagov on the movement of his troops towards Minsk by Pruzhany, Slonim and Nesvizh and his order for Major General Liders’ Corps to march to the same point from Volhynia by Pinsk and for Lieutenant General Ertel to move from Mozyr by Glutsk. 2 (14) November 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 goda. Otdel I. Zhurnaly voennykh deistvii v 1812 g. Tom XV. Saint Petersburg, 1911. P. 62-63. (NIAB, library, № 17894)
Map of the fight at Volkovysk 3-4 (15-16) November 1812. Photoreproduction. Atlas gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion: Dadat. da 6-tomnai Entsyklapedyi gistoryi Belarusi. Minsk, 2004. P. 70. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Description of the route of Napoleon’s retreat from Orsha to Borisov and the movement of the pursuing Russian troops. 8-12 (20-24) November 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Krupski raion. Minsk, 1999. P. 77-78. (BGAMLI, library, № 24010)
Lake Lesnoe, where according to legend in 1812 were hidden the treasures taken by Napoleon Bonaparte from Russia. Photocopy. Pamiats. Krupski raion. Minsk, 1999. P. 76. (BGAMLI, library, № 24010)
Map of the Battle of Borisov 9 (21)-11(23) November 1812. Author V. Antonov. Atlas gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion: Dadat. da 6-tomnai Entsyklapedyi gistoryi Belarusi, 2004. P. 71. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Episode of fight at Borisov. Painting by Kossak, [the 1920s]. Photoreproduction of the 1960s. (BGAMLI, f. 149, op. 3, d. 425, l. 2)
The defeat of Marshal Victor at Stary Borisov. November 1812. Engraving, 1814. Photoreproduction. Atlas gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion: Dadat. da 6-tomnai Entsyklapedyi gistoryi Belarusi. Minsk, 2004. P. 70 (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Report from General Vlastov to Count Wittgenstein on the fight between the Russian and French troops at the villages of Volkovysk and Uznatsk. 11 (23) November 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Krupski raion. Minsk, 1999. P. 78. (BGAMLI, library, № 24010)
Report from Count Wittgenstein to Admiral Chichagov (excerpt on the path of the French army’s withdrawal and his intention to lead the corps to the Berezina to assist Chichagov’s forces). Township of Chereya. 12 (24) November 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Krupski raion. Minsk, 1999. P. 78-79. (BGAMLI, library, № 24010)
Scheme of the house at the farmstead of Staro-Borisov, Borisov district, Minsk province in which Emperor Napoleon spent a night of 13/14 (25/26) November 1812. (NIAB, f. 27, op. 2, d. 2344, l. 7)
Letter from the сommander in сhief of the Russian Army M.I. Kutuzov to the commander of the Third Western Army P.V. Chichagov, sent from Kopys, on the estimated route of the main army to the township of Berezino. 13 (25) November 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. M.I. Kutuzov. Pisma i zapiski. Moscow, 1989. P. 417-418. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Letter from the сommander in сhief of the Russian army M.I. Kutuzov to E.I. Kutuzova (excerpt about the effective pursuit of Napoleon’s army). Photocopy. Printed document. M.I. Kutuzov. Pisma i zapiski. Moscow. 1989. P. 388-389. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Letter from the сommander in сhief of the Russian army M.I. Kutuzov to the commander of the Third Western Army P.V. Chichagov about the pursuit of the French troops and the movement of F. Ertel’s Corps towards Bobruisk. Photocopy. Printed document. M.I. Kutuzov. Pisma i zapiski. Moscow, 1989. P. 394-395. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Letter from M.I. Kutuzov to the Russian ambassador to Turkey A.Ya. Italinsky about the situation in the French army. Photocopy. Printed document. M.I. Kutuzov. Pisma i zapiski. Moscow. 1989. P. 412. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Report from the commander of the Don Cossack Corps Platov to the commander in chief of the Russian army M.I. Kutuzov on the withdrawal of Napoleon’s rear guard in the area of Krupki and Nacha (excerpt).  Village of Kovpenitsa. 15 (27) November 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Krupski raion. Minsk, 1999. P. 79. (BGAMLI, library, № 24010)
Map of the Berezina operation of 1812. Photoreproduction. Atlas gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion: Dadat. da 6-tomnai Entsyklapedyi gistoryi Belarusi. Minsk, 2004. P. 71. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
The Grand Army crossing the Berezina on 26 November 1812. (14 November O.S.). Engraving by Klein after the drawing by Habermann. 1st quarter of 19th century. Photoreproduction. Illustrirovannaia khronologia istorii Belarusi: S drevnosti do nashikh dnei. Minsk, 2000. P. 149. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
The passage of the Berezina by the French army on 28 November 1812 (16 November O.S.). Lithograph by Hess, mid-19th century. Photoreproduction. Istoriia voin Rossii. Minsk. 2008. P.154. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Record from the journal of military operations of the General Staff about the reports by admiral Chichagov, guard captain Seslavin, general Platov, and adjutant general Ozharovsky regarding the combat actions in the area of Latigal, Zabrezie, Molodechno, Radoshkovichi, Smorgon, Volozhin and Oshmyany. 25, 26, 27 November (7, 8, 9 December) 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 goda. Otdel I. Zhurnaly voennykh deistvii v 1812 g. Tom XV. Saint Petersburg, 1911. P. 79-80. (NIAB, library, № 17894)
On the road to Minsk. Painting by Vereshchagin. Photoreproduction. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
In the vicinity of Oshmyany on 4 December 1812 (22 November O.S.). Painting by Faber du Faur. Photoreproduction. (BGAKFFD, 0-29959)
Cossacks pursuing the retreating French. Painting by Desarnot. Photoreproduction. Istoriia voin Rossii. Minsk, 2008. P. 152. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
A French soldier in retreat. Painting by Pulatsky. Photoreproduction. Istoriia voin Rossii. Minsk, 2008. P. 153. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
A French Bivouac. Lithograph after the drawing by Faber du Faur. Photoreproduction. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 g. Sb. dok. i materialov. Leningrad, Moscow, 1941. (BGAMLI, library, № 3002)
The passage of the Niemen by the Russian army. December 1812. Photoreproduction. Atlas gistoryi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion: Dadat. da 6-tomnai Entsyklapedyi gistoryi Belarusi. Minsk, 2004. P. 66. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
List of inhabited localities in Minsk province in which the battles took place in 1812. Photocopy. Manuscript. (BGAKFFD, 0-83845)
Graph of Napoleon’s Russian campaign of 1812 showing losses suffered by Napoleon’s army correlated with a temperature scale. Author Charles Minard, 1869. Photocopy. French. Friendly, Michael (2001), Gallery of Data Visualization, Electronic document, http://www.datavis.ca/gallery/ (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Memoirs of Napoleon’s officer Noel (excerpt on the negative assessment of the war). [Late 1812]. Photocopy. Printed document. V. Sirotkin. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 goda. Moscow, 1988. P. 247. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)