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Napoleonic prisoners of war in Belarus

Report by the marshal of the nobility of Mogilev district (excerpt on the establishment by M.I. Kutuzov of the POW hospital). 4 September 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Kruglianski raion. Minsk, 1996. P. 128. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Reminiscences of the lieutenant of the 2nd Jaeger Regiment A.I. Antonovsky, who fought in Vitebsk province (excerpt on the voluntary surrender of the Spanish soldiers of Napoleon’s army to the Russians). Photocopy. Printed document. Otechestvennaia voina 1812 g. Sb. dok. i materialov. Leningrad, Moscow, 1941. P. 41. (BGAMLI, library, № 3002)
Report by the seniour ensign Sechinsky on the conveyance of the Austrian and French prisoners of lower ranks. 21 December 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. T. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 11. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Reminiscences by Napoleon’s officer K. von Vedel of his being a prisoner in Vitebsk in 1812 and 1813 (excerpts). Photocopy. Printed document. Polotsko-Vitebskaia starina. Vyp. III. Vitebsk, 1916. P. 216-217, 220-221, 223-224, 226-217, 228-229, 235. (NIAB, library, № 16597)
Lists of the French army POWs of medical ranks left with the wounded in the military hospital in Minsk. 12 January – 22 November 1813. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 110, l. 1, 22)
List of the Meklenburg POW officers designated to return homeland. 25 March 1813. Photocopy. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 299, op. 2, d. 237, l. 2)
List of the French POWs who died in the Minsk hospital. 8 April – 15 June 1813. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 76, l. 12-16)
Report from the commandant of Minsk, Major Lelevsky to the civil governor of Minsk, P.M. Dobrinsky on the conveyance of 233 low-ranking POWs of different nations to Borisov for work, with the list of POWs attached. 3 June 1813. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 111, l. 1, 2-5 ob.)
List of 49 POWs of lower ranks designated to be transported to Borisov for work, with the names of their regiments. 15 June 1813. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 111, l. 13-14)
Report from the commandant of Borisov, Svechin to the civil governor of Minsk, P.M. Dobrinsky on the receipt of the resolution in the French language about the escape of POWs and its notification to prisoners in each company at work in Borisov. 29 June 1813. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 111, l. 23)
Report from the commander of the 2nd Pioneer Regiment stationed in Borisov, Major General A.I. Gresser to the civil governor of Minsk P.M. Dobrinsky on submission of the list of POWs who decided to enter the Russian service and who worked on the fortress construction in the squadron of Lieutenant Colonel V.I. Dibich. 9 September 1813. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 111, l. 77-79 ob.)
Report from the acting commandant of Minsk, Major Lelevsky to the civil governor of Minsk, P.M. Dobrinsky on the transportation of 216 POWs from Minsk to Borisov for work, with the list of prisoner’s name, nation and regiment. 12 September 1813. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 295, op. 1, d. 111, l. 55-59 ob.)
Letter from the chief of the Radziwillovo customs district, Ministry of Finance, to the governor of Grodno concerning the escape of the French prisoners across the border. 27 May 1813. Manuscript. (NIAB at Grodno, f. 1, op. 1, d. 361, l. 127-127 ob.)
Register of the Igumen district conscription office on delivery of carts used for transportation of prisoners. 3 December 1813. Manuscript. Polish. (NIAB, f. 1537, op. 1, d. 18, l. 14а-14а ob.)
Letter from the civil governor of Vitebsk P.P. Tormasov to the head of POWs in Vitebsk, lieutenant Luboshchinsky on appointing the landlord of Vitebsk district M. Luskina his assistant. 28 March 1814. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 2717, op. 1, d. 32, l. 3)