The National Historical Archives of Belarus in Minsk presents the book Participants in the Uprising of 1863-1864: Biographical Dictionary

Participants in the Uprising of 1863-1864: Biographical DictionaryOn 26 May 2016 the National Historical Archives of Belarus in Minsk holds the presentation of the book “Participants in the Uprising of 1863-1864: Biographical Dictionary (documents of the National Historical Archives of Belarus)”.

The book contains over 7,000 biograms with data about persons related to the Uprising of 1863-1864: their activities in the insurgent groups, participation in combat actions, circumstances of their capture and trial, level of punishment they received, certain circumstances of their life in exile and coming back home after receiving amnesty.

The dictionary has been prepared on the basis of over 750 files available from the National Historical Archives of Belarus, which illustrate the events of the Uprising that basically took place in the provinces of Vitebsk, Mogilev and Minsk.