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Burials of men killed and memorials to war victims and heroism in the Great Patriotic War
| Common grave on the site of Khatyn, a village burned down with its entire
population by the Nazis. Minsk region.1943. //Khatyn. Tragedy and Memory. Documents and materials. Minsk, National Archives of the Republic of Belarus, 2009. (NARB) |
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| Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus
“On the burial of Soviet soldiers and officers killed in battle against the German
occupiers”. Gomel. 3 July 1944. |
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| A design of Victory Monument in Minsk. Architects G. Benediktov and I. Rudenko. 1950. (BGANTD, f. 51, op. 1, d. 246) |
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| A design of Victory Monument in Minsk. Architect М. Benua. 1950. (BGANTD, f. 51, op. 1, d. 246) |
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| A design of Victory Monument in Minsk (from this design the monument was
erected on Kruglaya Square (now Victory Square) in Minsk on 4 July 1954). Architects G. Zaborsky and V. Korol. Early 1950s. (BGANTD, f. 51, op. 1, d. 247) |
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| Resolution by the Executive Committee of the Ruzhany District Council of
Workers’ Deputies “On commemoration of the site of the underground printing shop of
the Brest anti-fascist committee”. 14 May 1959. (Zonal State Archives in Kobrin, f. 505, op. 1, d. 421, l. 40) |
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| Decree by the USSR Supreme Council Presidium “On awarding the
honorary title of Hero-Fortress to the Brest fortress”. 8 May 1965. //Collection of laws and edicts of the USSR Supreme Council Presidium. Minsk,1965, № 17. P. 303 (State Archives of Brest Region) |
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| View of the monument-museum of the Soviet-Polish combat fellowship. Leninino, Gorki district, Mogilev region. 13 October 1968. (BGAKFFD, 0-80284) |
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| Monument to the Czechoslovak citizens killed by Nazis in the settlement of
Gay in June 1942 (3,000 people are buried here). Baranovichi, Brest region. 1972. (Zonal State Archives in Baranovichi) |
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| Monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union I.K. Kabushkin, member of the
Minsk Underground Resistance Organisation. Mirny, Baranovichi district, Brest region. 6 July 1974. (Zonal State Archives in Baranovichi) |
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| Monument to the Mournful Mother (31,000 people killed by the Nazis in
1941-1944 are buried here). Koldychevo, Baranovichi district, Brest region. (Zonal State Archives in Baranovichi) |
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| Memorial stone to writer K. Simonov, who participated in the battle at
Buinichi Field and recounted these events in his famous novel, The Living And The Dead.
Buinichi, Mogilev region. 1978. (State Archives of Mogilev Region) |
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| Monument to the Patriot Mother. Zhodino, Minsk region. 1980. (BGAKFFD, 0-102565) |
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| Note from the Mogilev Regional Committee to the Belarusian Central
Committee concerning the commemoration of heroism of the defenders of Mogilev in 1941. 5 August 1981. (State Archives of Mogilev Region, f. 7, op. 5, d. 3130, l. 444-445) |
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| Bronze statue, The Unconquered Man, in the center of the Khatyn Memorial
Complex. Logoisk district, Minsk region. 1982. (BGAKFFD, 0-122258) |
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| Main sculpture composition at the Khatyn Memorial Complex. Brest. 1988. (BGAKFFD, 1-14874) |
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| Memorial Complex at Buinichi Field honouring the defenders of Mogilev in
June-July 1941. Buinichi, Mogilev region. 1990. (State Archives of Mogilev Region) |
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| Monument to victims of Minsk Ghetto, unveiled on the 65th anniversary of
the execution of the ghetto prisoners. Minsk, Sukhaya Street. 22 October 2008. (BGAKFFD, Е015223) |
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