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Russia’s actions in Belarusian territory after the expulsion of Napoleon’s army

Address by the police chief of Brest-Litovsk to the town residents explaining the military situation in October 1812. 12 October 1812. Copy. Manuscript. (NIAB at Grodno, f. 1, op. 19, d. 1141, l. 79-79 ob.)
Proclamation by the commander in chief of the Russian Third Western Army, Admiral P.V. Chichagov calling on the population to support Emperor Alexander I. 15 October 1812. Copy. Manuscript. (NIAB at Grodno, f. 1, op. 19, d. 1141, l. 80)
Instruction from the General Field Marshal M.I. Kutuzov to the civil governor of Minsk P.M. Dobrinsky to establish a reserve magazine for army provisions in Bobruisk fortress and to collect foods and forage from the local population. 2 November 1812. Photocopy. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 1587, op. 1, d. 3, l. 2, 2 ob., 3)
Proclamation by the General Field Marshal M.I. Kutuzov to the inhabitants of Lithuanian provinces (Minsk, Grodno, Vilna, Bialystok) on the capture of deserters from the Russian army and the punishment of those who would hide them (excerpt). Radoshkovichi. 16 November 1812. Manuscript. Polish. (NIAB, f. 694, op. 3, d. 130, l. 18)
Letter from M.I. Kutuzov to the Belorussian military governor Duke Alexander Wurttemberg about the announcement of gratitute to the residents of Mogilev province for their desire to make donations. 21 November 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Sbornik Imperatorskogo Russkogo istoricheskogo obshchestva. Т. 3. Belorussia v 1812 godu. Saint Petersburg, 1912. P. 75. (NIAB, library, № 17900)
Proclamation by the General Field Marshal M.I. Kutuzov to the population of Minsk and Bialystok provinces on the occasion of the victory of the Russian army and the liberation of these territories from the French troops. Molodechno. 26 November 1812. Manuscript. Polish. (NIAB, f. 694, op. 3, d. 130, l. 18 ob.-19)
Proclamation by the General Field Marshal M.I. Kutuzov to the population of Lithuanian provinces (Minsk, Grodno, Vilna, Bialystok) on the compulsory collection of the property and weapons left after Napoleon’s retreat. Vilna. 30 November 1812. Printed document. Polish. (NIAB, f. 320, op. 1, d. 12, l. 166)
Manifesto by Emperor Alexander I granting an amnesty to the inhabitants of the regions annexed from Poland who participated on the French side in the war against Russia. 12 December 1812. Printed document. Polish and Russian. (NIAB, f. 320, op. 1, d. 12, l. 167-167 ob.)
Report from the captain of the Ufa Infantry Regiment, Kublitsky to the civil governor of Minsk on the supply of horses to the army by peasants. 19 December 1812. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op.1, d. 98, l. 3-3 ob.)
Manifesto by Emperor Alexander I dated 25 December 1812 "On thanksgiving to God for the liberation of Russia from the enemy’s invasion". Printed document. (NIAB, f. 320, op.1, d. 12, l. 171-173 ob.)
Manifesto by Emperor Alexander I ordering the construction of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow to honour the victory over Napoleon’s France. Vilna. 25 December 1812. Printed document. (NIAB, f. 320, op. 1, d.12, l. 169)
Army order by the General Field Marshal Prince Golenishchev-Kutuzov dated 30 December 1812 on the requisition of cattle for the Russian army with the issue of receipts (excerpt). Photocopy. Printed document. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. Т. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 6. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Order by M.I. Kutuzov to the Russian army on the termination of the Patriotic War (excerpt). 31 December 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 goda. Sb. dokumentov i materialov. Leningrad, Moscow, 1941. P. 179-180. (BGAMLI, library, № 3002)
Letter from the Roman-Catholic Bishop Dederko of Minsk to the Minsk Orthodox Ecclesiastical Consistory on the assignation of the property of the Orthodox church. 25 January 1813. Manuscript. Polish. (NIAB, f. 136, op. 1, d. 2857, l. 28)
Report by the adviser to the Vitebsk provincial administration Kudryavtsev regarding the report by the archivist Lutovsky on measures to restore the archives and the printing shop plundered by Napoleon’s troops. 4 January 1813. Photocopy. Printed document. Polotsko-Vitebskaya starina. Vyp. III. Vitebsk, 1916. P. 305-307. (NIAB, library, № 16597)
Report from the postmaster of Polotsk, Zavileisky to the police chief of Gorodok, Popadinsky on measures taken to find the mail transported to the 1st Western Army in July 1812 and plundered by peasants. 10 February 1813. Photocopy. Printed document. Polotsko-Vitebskaya starina. Vyp. III. Vitebsk, 1916. P. 302-303. (NIAB, library, № 16597)
Instruction from the military governor of Minsk to the adviser at the chief court of Minsk S.F. Gerasimov to conduct an investigation into the complaints from various persons about Major General S.A. Tuchkov and Colonel I.I. Isaev for the pillaging of the Nesvizh castle and robberies during their staying in Minsk province. 3 April 1813. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 296, op. 1, d. 2, l. 1-1 ob.)
Letter from the provisions depot in Vilna to the civil governor of Minsk P. Dobrinsky regarding the submission of data on food requisitions by Russian troops in Minsk province. 6 June 1813. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 1537, op. 1, d. 18, l. 2-2 ob.)
Letter from the governor of Minsk P. Dobrinsky to the Minsk fiscal chamber regarding the payment of rewards to persons who handed over to the military governor of Minsk G. Ignatyev the property of Bronikovsky, who was the governor of Minsk during the French occupation of the town in 1812. 4 July 1813. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 333, op. 3, d. 108, l. 25-26)
Diploma by the Apostolic Synod honouring the clergy for their zeal during the war of 1812. August 1813. Photocopy. Printed document. (NIAB, f. 136, op. 1, d. 3028, l. 4)
Report from the police chief of Polotsk to the governor of Vitebsk on measures taken to prevent the famine in view of the devastation caused by the war of 1812. 7 February 1815. Photocopy. Printed document. Istoriia Belarusi v dokumentakh i materialakh. Minsk, 2000. P. 148. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Manifesto by Alexander I on the termination of the war with France. 1 January 1816. Printed document. (NIAB, f. 333, op. 1, d. 795, l. 33-36)
Certificate issued by the marshal of Minsk province M.A. Zenovich to the former chamberlain at the Polish court M. Strumilo confirming that the chief military service committee in Vilna admits the sums of money owed to him for the requisition supplies to Russian troops in 1812-1814. 21 March 1818. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 320, op. 1, d. 25, l. 4)
Certificate issued by the acting marshal of Minsk province to the leaders of the kahal confirming that the chief military service committee in Vilna admits the sums of money owed to the kahal of Turov for the requisition supplies to Russian troops in 1812-1815. 29 May 1823. Manuscript. Draft copy. (NIAB, f. 320, op. 1, d. 25, l. 40)
Ruling by the Minsk fiscal chamber on the changes introduced from 12 April 1826 in the procedure of tax collection from the estates rented by persons who sufferred in the war of 1812 . 11 January 1826. Copy. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 333, op. 4, d. 969, l. 1-1 ob.)
Letter of information from the Minsk provincial administration to the Archbishop Nikonor of Minsk regarding the Government Senate’s edict of 21 April 1837 on the collection of money from persons who plundered the house of the higher clergy in Minsk during the war of 1812 (excerpt). 1837. Printed document. (NIAB, f.136, op.1, d.12620, l. 2, 2 ob., 3)