Consequences of the war

Fate of soldiers who suffered in combat



Survey of events “From all sides” (on the permission to exchange letters and parcels between prisoners of war and their families).
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 23 October 1914. № 42. P. 4.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Russian army

Notification by the Governor of Grodno to the Slonim Town Council on the allotment of land for a common cemetery for Russian soldiers who died in Slonim hospital.
29 October 1914.
Typescript.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 2, op. 30, d. 2604, l. 3-4)
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Register of meetings of town heads and village elders in Minsk province on the arrangement of common cemeteries.
30 October 1914.
Typescript.
(NIAB, f. 1, op. 1, d. 6418, l. 10-11 ob.)
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Letter of G. Anisko, resident of Disna district, Vilna province to the company commander asking for information about his missing brother Osip Anisko.
1 November 1914.
Manuscript.
(ZGA in Molodechno, f. 437, op. 1, d. 248, l. 18-18 ob.)
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Deed of purchase by the Minsk Town Council from the clergy of Minsk Cathedral for a land plot between the Vilna and Dolginov roads for arrangement of the Orthodox common cemetery.
20 December 1914.
Manuscript.
(NIAB, f. 1, op. 1, d. 6418, l. 24-24 ob.)
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Name list of the killed, wounded and missing low military ranks in Grodno Province № 1.
1914.
Print.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 301, op. 1, d. 3, l. 233)
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Name list of the killed, wounded and missing low military ranks in Grodno Province № 2.
1914.
Print.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 301, op. 1, d. 3, l. 220)
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Instructions of the Minsk Provincial Administration to the Minsk Town Council for the opening of a common cemetery and its work procedures.
10 January 1915.
Manuscript.
(NIAB, f. 1, op. 1, d. 6418, l. 35-36)
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Report of the Police Chief of Volkovysk District to the Governor of Grodno on the burial of Russian soldiers who died in hospitals at the military cemetery of Volkovysk.
25 March 1915.
Typescript.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 1, op. 9, d. 2147, l. 10)
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Report of the Police Chief of Grodno to the Governor of Grodno on the burial of 1600 soldiers at a common cemetery behind Skidel Square at Grodno.
13 April 1915.
Typescript.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 1, op. 9, d. 2147, l. 14)
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Data on the common and individual graves of Russian soldiers in Grodno district (with indication of their location and grave inscriptions).
20 June 1915.
Manuscript.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 1, op. 9, d. 2147, l. 26-28 ob.)
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Report of the Police Chief of Sokolka District to the Governor of Grodno on the reburial of the remains of Second Lieutenant Maslov in Petrograd and an ensign and 13 low ranks at the military cemetery near the village of Starokamennaya.
5 July 1915.
Typescript.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 1, op. 9, d. 2147, l. 29)
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Propaganda leaflet “How Germans treat Russian prisoners of war” (supplement to newspaper “Selski vestnik” Petrograd, 1915).
Print.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 315, op. 1, d. 447, l. 177-178 ob.)
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Name lists of the killed, wounded and missing in Grodno Province № 9 and № 10.
1915.
Print.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 301, op. 1, d. 7, d. 209)
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Funeral of Russian soldiers near the village of Pronchaki, Lyakhovichi district who perished in the First World War.
Slutsk district, Minsk province. [1915-1916].
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-132132)
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Name list and data on 192 Russian soldiers buried in the area of Sokolka district (with indication of burial sites and preservation level for common and individual graves).
26 April 1916.
Manuscript.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 1, op. 9, d. 2147, ll. 16-23 ob.)
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Lists of most known POW camps located in Germany and Austria-Hungary.
5 April 1916.
Copy. Hectograph.
Russian, German.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 99, op. 3, d. 6, l. 308-311)
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Letter of Russian POW Vladimir Pyatkun from Tscherestamlager № 521 (Germany) to his relatives in Disna district, Vilna province.
1 August 1916.
Manuscript.
(ZGA in Molodechno, f. 437, op. 1, d. 248, l. 51-52)
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Map-scheme of the burial sites of soldiers of the 2nd Battery, 1st Ivanovo Heavy Artillery Battalion.
Russia’s Western Front. 1916.
Drawing.
(NARB, f. 541, op. 5, d. 14, l. 17)
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Death certificate for Private Ivan Drogin, a native of Borodenichi village, Disna district (written by the Priest of the Shatsk Regiment to the Iody Village Board) .
11 January 1917.
Copy. Manuscript.
(ZGA in Molodechno, f. 437, op. 1, d. 248, l. 33)
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Funeral of Ignat Tikhankin, Private of the 6th Company, 530th Vasil-Sursk Infantry Regiment at a common cemetery in the village of Shostaki, Oshmiany district.
Vilna province. 1917.
Photo.
(BGAKFFD, 0-99222)
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List of war invalids in Devenitsa community, Oshmiany district who served in the Russian army (fragment).
March 1920.
Manuscript. Polish.
(ZGA in Molodechno, f. 4, op. 1, d. 106, l. 29)
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Data on WWI military cemeteries in Myadel community, Postavy district.
1921-1922.
Manuscript. Polish.
(ZGA in Molodechno, f. 2, op. 1, d. 9, l. 92)
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Data on military cemeteries and graves of soldiers who died in WWI in the area of Bogino community, Disna district, Vilna province.
1922.
Manuscript. Polish.
(ZGA in Molodechno, f. 437, op. 1, d. 1407, l. 83-83 ob.)
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German and Austro-Hungarian armies

Survey of events “From Belarus and Lithuania” with information on German POWs.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 1 August 1914. № 30. P. 2.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Telegram and a list of German POWs transported from Dvinsk to Vitebsk.
20 August 1914.
Manuscript.
(NIAB, f. 2687, op. 1, d. 245, l. 126-130)
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Death record from Gomel Catholic Church for Austro-Hungarian POWs.
9, 10, 12 September 1914.
Manuscript.
(NIAB, f. 1781, op. 50, d. 5, l. 110 ob., № 9)
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Letter regarding the death and burial of German POW, soldier I. Bruno (from the Vitebsk provincial committee of the All-Russian Zemstvo Assembly to the military chief of Vitebsk district).
13 September 1914.
Manuscript.
(NIAB, f. 2687, op. 1, d. 244, l. 359-359 ob.)
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Death record from Polotsk Lutheran Evangelical Church for German POW, Corporal of the 107th Landwehr Regiment F.-E. Ezer (record № 31).
11 October 1914.
Manuscript.
(NIAB, f. 1952, op. 4, d. 25, l. 190 ob.-191)
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Instructions for taking measures against prisoners who abuse doctors, nurses etc. (from the Chief of Staff of Dvinsk Military District to the Governor of Grodno).
12 October 1914.
Certified copy. Hectograph.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 301, op. 1, d. 5, l. 206)
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Death record from Polotsk Lutheran Evangelical Church for German POW, Private of the 227th Infantry Regiment K. Heller (record № 33).
21 October 1914.
Manuscript.
(NIAB, f. 1952, op. 4, d. 25, l. 192 ob.-193)
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Application from the Czechs, the Vratiley brothers exiled to the province of Kostroma as Austrian POWs for returning to the place of their permanent residence in Rechitsa district, Minsk province.
24 November 1914.
Manuscript.
(NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9099, l. 40-40 ob.)
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Notification for not burying enemy soldiers in the Russian common cemeteries (from the Chief of Staff of Minsk Military Districts Departments to the Governor of Grodno).
25 November 1914.
Typescript.
(NIAB in Grodno, f. 2, op. 30, d. 2604, l. 8-8 ob.)
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Death record from St. Maria Catholic Church at Mogilev for Austro-Hungarian POW I. Malichi (record № 66).
1 December 1914.
Manuscript.
(NIAB, f. 1781, op. 48, d. 41, l. 38 ob., № 66)
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Report on the employment of POWs in agricultural works (from the Vitebsk Provincial Zemstvo Board to the 4th Provincial Zemstvo Assembly).
28 February 1915.
Manuscript.
(NIAB, f. 2508, op. 1, d. 5758, l. 54-55 оb.)
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Name list of German POWs of low ranks who arrived in Dvinsk from Riga en route to Vitebsk.
20 April 1915.
Typescript.
(NIAB, f. 2687, op. 1, d. 264, l. 5)
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Article “Traces of war” about German POWs of Lithuanian origin.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 24 April 1915. № 16. P. 1.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Report on the escape of Austrian POW Shemburo from the 170th Rail Works Company (from the police officer of Minsk district to the Governor of Minsk).
8 June 1916.
Typescript.
(NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9256, l. 176)
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Survey of events “From all sides” with information on the labour of prisoners of war.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 5 June 1915. № 22. P. 4.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Survey of events “From Belarus and Lithuania” with information on the labour of prisoners of war in the province of Minsk.
Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 19 June 1915. № 24. P. 4.
Belarusian.
(BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
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Notification of the Minsk Land and State Property Administration to the Governor of Minsk on the protection and medical provision of employed prisoners of war.
23 June 1915.
Typescript.
(NIAB, f. 27, op. 4, d. 365, l. 15-15 ob.)
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Information from the Governor of Minsk to the Minsk Land and State Property Administration on the condition of prisoners of war in the area of Minsk Military District.
29 June 1915.
Typescript.
(NIAB, f. 27, op. 4, d. 365, l. 26-26 ob.)
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On visiting a prisoner of war, Prince von Thurn-und-Taxis by the vicar of the Vitebsk St. Anthony Catholic Church, Priest K. Sivitski (report from the chief of the 30th Rear Evacuation Point to the Governor of Vitebsk).
21 September 1915.
Typescript.
(NIAB, f. 1430, op. 1, d. 49115, l. 57-57 ob.)
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Telegram on the number of German and Austro-Hungarian prisoners employed in Minsk province (from the Governor of Minsk to the Supply Chief of the Western Front Armies).
1 February 1917.
Typescript.
(NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 9181, l. 121)
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Notification of sending a team of prisoners of war to the authority of Minsk Town Council (from the Supply Chief of the Western Front Armies to the Commandant of Minsk).
23 April 1917.
Typescript.
(NIAB, f. 1, op. 1, d. 6773, l. 45-45 ob.)
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Circular on a special attitude to Romanian prisoners of war (from the Senior Factory Inspector of Vitebsk Province to factory inspectors).
13 October 1917.
Typescript.
(NIAB, f. 2592, op. 1, d. 376, l. 50 ob.)
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Certificate from the 143 Rear Committee of the Western Front giving permission to Austro-Hungarian POW, Serb Zh. Vukovich to get married.
12 December 1917.
Typescript.
(NIAB, f. 2301, op. 3, d. 42, l. 36)
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Death record from St. Mary’s Catholic Church at Mogilev for Austro-Hungarian POW P. Yanotovich (record № 30).
4 March1918.
Manuscript.
(NIAB, f. 2388, op. 1, d. 17, l. 6, № 30)
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List of graves of German soldiers who perished in Rimshany community, Braslav district during the First World War.
1922-1923.
Manuscript. Polish.
(ZGA in Molodechno, f. 436, op. 1, d. 425, l. 49-50)
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Fragment from the film “The birth of the army”: prisoners of war and the killed soldiers of the Russian and German armies.
Belarusfilm cinema studio, director M. Israelian; cameramen V. Golikov, I. Shumeiko.
Film record. 1987. Duration 12 secs.
(BGAKFFD, № 2881)
Film record (2,1 Mb Flv)