Remembering the war in Belarus

Memorial sites


Brest Region

Commemorative sign at the site of the Battle of Brest on 13 (25) July 1812, as a result of which Napoleon’s army retreated and abandoned the occupied town of Brest.
Erected on Central Island at the Brest fortress on 25 October 1962.
Photo taken on the day of the sign’s opening.
(BGAKFFD, 1-7031)
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Monument to Russian soldiers who inflicted one of the first defeats on Napoleon’s troops at the town of Kobrin on 15 (27) July 1812.
Kobrin.
Erected in [1912], architect D. Markov; restored in 1951, sculptor M. Kerzin.
Photo of 1962.
(BGAKFFD, 0-60369)
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Chapel at the site of the Battle of Gorodechno fought between the Russian and Napoleon’s troops on 31 July (12 August) 1812.
Poddubno village, Pruzhany district.
Erected in [1912-1914], restored in [the 1990s].
Photo of 1994.
(BGAKFFD, 0-151070)
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Obelisk commemorating 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gorodechno between the Russian and Napoleon’s troops on 31 July (12 August) 1812.
Poddubno village, Pruzhany district.
Erected in 1962.
Photocopy. Zbor pomnikau historyi i kultury Belarusi. Brestskaia voblasts. Minsk, 1984. P. 326.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Vitebsk Region

Obelisk in memory of the events of 1812 when the First Russian Army confronted Napoleon’s troops at the Drissa Camp on 29 June-2 July (10-14 July) 1812.
Erected in 1912.
Verkhnedvinsk.
Photocopy. Zbor pomnikau historyi i kultury Belarusi. Vitsebskaia voblast. Minsk, 1985. P. 159.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Design of monument to soldiers who perished at Vitebsk during the war of 1812.
Designed in [1911-1912], architect I. Fomin.
Photo of [the 1950s].
(BGAMLI, f. 149, op. 3, d. 466, l. 2)
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Monument to the heroes of the war of 1812.
Erected in 1912, architect I. Fomin.
Vitebsk.
Photo of 1957.
(BGAKFFD, 0-50202)
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Monument at the site of fighting at the village of Vorony on 26 October (7 November) 1812.
Erected in 1912.
Vorony village, Vitebsk district.
Photocopy. Zbor pomnikau historyi i kultury Belarusi. Vitsebskaia voblast. Minsk, 1985. P. 183.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Monument at the site of actions at Druya in early July 1812.
Erected in 1962.
Druya, Braslav district.
Photocopy. Zbor pomnikau historyi i kultury Belarusi. Vitsebskaia voblast. Minsk, 1985. P. 146.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Monument honouring the victory of Russian troops near the village of Klyastitsy on 18-20 July (30 July-1 August) 1812.
Erected in 1962.
Klyastitsy, Rossony district.
Photocopy. Zbor pomnikau historyi i kultury Belarusi. Vitsebskaia voblast. Minsk, 1985. P. 388.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Stella in memory of the war of 1812.
Erected in 1962.
Koptevichi village, Chashniki district.
Photocopy. Zbor pomnikau historyi i kultury Belarusi. Vitsebskaia voblast. Minsk, 1985. P. 448.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Monument-chapel at the common grave of Russian soldiers who perished in the war of 1812.
Erected in 1813.
Osinogorodok village, Postavy district.
Photocopy. Pamiats. Pastauski raion. Minsk, 2001. P. 100.
(BGAMLI, library, № 23947)
Monument at the site of the Battle of Ostrovno 13-14 (25-26) July 1812.
1962.
Ostrovno village, Beshenkovichi district.
Photocopy. Zbor pomnikau historyi i kultury Belarusi. Vitsebskaia voblast. Minsk, 1985. P. 124.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Monument in honour of Russian soldiers, participants in the war of 1812 (St. Nicholas Cathedral in background). 
Erected in 1850, architect Fiksen; demolished in 1932; reconstructed in 2010.
Polotsk.
Photo [1889-1891].
(BGAKFFD, 0-25334)
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Monument to Major General Ya.P. Kulnev who perished in July 1812 at the battle of Klyastitsy.
Erected in 1830.
Sokolishche village, Rossony district.
Photocopy. Zbor pomnikau historyi i kultury Belarusi. Vitsebskaia voblast. Minsk, 1985. P. 393.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Stella with a relief portrait of Major General Ya.P. Kulnev pointing to his monument.
Erected in 1972.
Sokolishche village, Rossony district.
Photocopy. Zbor pomnikau historyi i kultury Belarusi. Vitsebskaia voblast. Minsk, 1985. P. 393.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Grodno Region

The Military Historical District Museum named after P.I. Bagration at Volkovysk and the monument to Bagration in front of the museum. 
Photocopy. Zbor pomnikau historyi i kultury Belarusi. Hrodzenskaia voblast. Minsk, 1986. P. 126.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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the city of Minsk

Memorial Church of All Saints in honour of innocent people killed in our homeland; in the crypt are buried the remains of a Russian soldier who perished in the war of 1812 at Vitebsk.
Minsk.
Photo of 2010.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Minsk region
Draft designs of an obelisk and mausoleum to soldiers killed at Borisov in the war of 1812.
Errected in 1912, architect I. Fomin.
Photo [the 1950s].
(BGAMLI, f. 131, op. 2, d. 44, l. 1, 3)
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Fragment of the monument at Brili Field honouring the Russian soldiers killed on 14-16 (26-28) November 1812 at the Berezina river. 
Erected in 1912, demolished in 1920, reconstructed in 1992.
Brili village, Borisov district.
Photo of 1964.
(BGAKFFD, 0-110068)
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Monument at Brili Field in honour of Russian soldiers killed in the war of 1812.
Brili village, Borisov district. 
Photocopy. Pamiats. Barysauski raion. Minsk. P. 58.
(BGAMLI, library, № 23953)
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Monument to Russian soldiers at Brili Field. 
Erected in 1962, sculptor N. Ryzhenkov.
Photocopy. Pamiats. Barysauski raion. Minsk. P. 59.
(BGAMLI, library, № 23953)
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Memorial complex and monument commemorating 150th anniversary of the Russian victory over the French army at the Berezina river in November 1812.
Erected in 1962, sculptor N. Ryzhenkov.
Brili village, Borisov district.
Photo of 1962 (on the opening day).
(BGAKFFD, 0-50844)
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Monument to Napoleon’s soldiers who perished on 14-16 (26-28) November 1812 at the crossing of the Berezina river.
Erected in 1997.
Brili village, Borisov district.
Photocopy. Barysaushchyna: vekhi historyi. Minsk, 2008.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Monument to Napoleon at the site of Upper Bridge at the crossing of the Berezina river by Napoleon’s army on 14-16 (26-28) November 1812.
Studenka village, Borisov district.
Reproduction from the  photograph of 1912.
(BGAKFFD, 0-30051)
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Monument and commemorative plaque in honour of Russian soldiers, participants in the war of 1812.
Erected in 1962.
Studenka village, Borisov district.
Photocopies. Pamiats. Barysauski raion. Minsk. P. 61-62.
(BGAMLI, library, № 23953)
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Monument to Russian soldiers, participants in the war of 1812.
Erected in 1965.
Studenka village, Borisov district.
Photocopy. Zbor pomnikau historyi i kultury Belarusi. Minskaia voblasts. Kniha 1. Minsk, 1987. P. 83.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Model of monument to victims of the 1812 war at the village of Studenka, Borisov district.
Sculptor A. Artimovich.
Photo of  2002.
(BGAKFFD, Е001299)
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Monument to all the victims in the war of 1812 erected on the left bank of the Berezina river.
Installed in 2002, sculptor A. Artimovich, architect I. Morozov.
Studenka village, Borisov district.
Photocopy. Barysaushchyna: vekhi historyi. Minsk, 2008.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Monument and the reburials of Napoleon’s soldiers who perished on Belarusian soil in the war of 1812 (excerpt).
Erected in 2007-2008.
Borisov district.
Photocopies. // www.ambafrance-by.org/
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Monument commemorating the victory of the Russian army in the war of 1812.
1977.
Molodechno.
Photocopy. Zbor pomnikau historyi i kultury Belarusi. Minskaia voblasts. Kniha 2. Minsk, 1987. P. 13.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Monument at the site of the Battle of Romanovo on 14 (26) July 1812.
Erected in 1962.
Lenino village (formerly Romanovo), Slutsk district.
Photocopy. Zbor pomnikau historyi i kultury Belarusi. Minskaia voblasts. Kniha 2. Minsk, 1987. P. 186.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Mogilev Region

Monument-stella commemorating the staff of the Russian Second Western Army, which opposed Napoleon’s troops in July 1812.
Erected in 1962.
Sapezhinka village, Bykhov district.
Photocopy. Zbor pomnikau historyi i kultury Belarusi. Mahileuskaia voblasts. Minsk, 1986. P. 150.
(BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
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Memorial Chapel honouring the Battle of Soltanovka between the Russian and French troops on 9-11 (21-23) July 1812.
Erected in 1912.
Architect K. Mikhailov, sculptor P. Yatsina.
Soltanovka village, Mogilev district.
Photo of 1967.
(BGAKFFD, 0-79529)
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Commemorative sign at the site of fighting between General N. Rayevsky’s 7th Infantry Corps and Marshal L. Davout’s troops at the village of Soltanovka on 11 (23) July 1812.
Erected in 1962.
Soltanovka village, Mogilev district.
Photo of 16 October 1962 (taken at the unveiling ceremony).
(BGAKFFD, 0-84894)
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