Belarus in the War of 1812

Archival documents and materials relating to the war

• On the eve of the war
  • Foreign policy
  • Situation in Belarusian territory
• Belarus in wartime
  • Evacuation
  • Military operations
  • Participants in the battles
  • Situation in the regions occupied by Napoleon’s army
• Russia’s actions in Belarusian territory after the expulsion of Napoleon’s army
• Aftermath
  • War damage suffered by Belarus
  • Napoleonic prisoners of war in Belarus
• Remembering the war in Belarus
  • Commemorative events
  • Memorial sites
  • War in Belarusian literature, painting and music