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Liberation of Belarus
The first phase in the liberation of Belarus
| Soviet soldiers and local residents meet in the liberated town of Dobrush.
Gomel region. October 1943. (BGAKFFD, 0-34039) |
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| Soviet soldiers cross an assault bridge near the destroyed bridge
over the River Sozh in the area of Gomel. November 1943. (BGAKFFD, 0-55559) |
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| Radio message about the liberation of Gomel from the
Nazi occupiers. 26 November 1943. Sound recording. Text read by Yu. Levitan. Duration 8:46 min. (BGAKFFD, 906) |
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| Soviet soldiers in liberated Gomel on the road leading to Mogilev and
Minsk. November 1943. (BGAKFFD, 0-34033) |
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| Retreating German troops drive away the cattle. Belarus. March 1944. (BGAKFFD, 0-97186) |
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| Description and scheme of the offensive operation for the liberation of
Narovlya on 29 November 1943 by the troops of the 415th Rifle Division and the partisan
fighters of the 27th Narovlya Kirov Partisan Brigade. 15 March 1944. (NARB, f. 3500, op. 4, d. 235, l. 31-32) |
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| Combat instruction from the 160th Rifle Division headquarters to the staff
chief of partisan detachments in the Brest region on the assistance to Soviet troops in
connection with the enemy’s advance in the area of the Belozersky Canal. 28 March 1944. (NARB, f. 1401, op. 1, d. 7, l. 121) |
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| Members of the Brest Shchors Partisan Detachment hand over the captured
enemy arms when joining with the Soviet troops in the village of Velikaya
Glusha. Pinsk region. 25 April 1944. (BGAKFFD, 0-18825) |
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| Trucks loaded with gifts to frontline soldiers. Belarus. 1944. (BGAKFFD, 0-73116) |
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