Military operations in Belarusian lands

Course of combat operations

1915
Article “The bloody frontier” on the outbreak of war in Belarus. Newspaper “Nasha niva”. 7 August 1915. № 31. P. 1. Belarusian. (BGAMLI, library, № 36103)
Map “Sventsiany Breakthrough. 1st Stage”. 27 August (9 September) – 7 (20) September 1915. Photocopy. Print. Atlas historyi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion. Minsk, 2006. P. 99. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Map “Sventsiany Breakthrough. 2nd Stage”. 8 (21) September – 19 September (2 October) 1915. Photocopy. Print. Atlas historyi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion. Minsk, 2006. P. 99. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Report on the bombardment of Minsk by a German Zeppelin (from a Minsk police officer to the Chief of Minsk City Police). 3 October 1915. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 300, op. 1, d. 110, l. 184-186 ob.)
Foreign representatives at the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. Mogilev. [1915-1916]. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-120223)
Giving first aid to a soldier injured by poison gas in the area of Stolovichi village, Gorodishche district. Minsk province. 1915-1917. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 1-698)
Giving first aid to a soldier injured by poison gas. Vilna province. [1915-1917]. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 1-692)
Building of the General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief at Mogilev. 1915-1917. Photo from the collection of V. Vyshinsky. (BGAKFFD, 0-50538)
Transport of the 530th Vasil-Sursk Infantry Regiment at Giry, Minsk province. [1915-1917]. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-99242)
1916
Map “Russian Western Front in the campaign of 1916”. Photocopy. Print. Atlas historyi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion. Minsk, 2006. P. 97. Belarusian. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Gas attack on the Russian Western Front. Vilna province. 1916. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-52919)
Removal of the bodies of Russian soldiers poisoned by gas. Vilna province. 1916. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-99220)
Map of the frontier area near the village of Parakhonsk, Pinsk district, Minsk province. [1916]. Photocopy [1978]. Drawing by A. Blok. (BGAMLI, f. 432, op. 1, d. 207, l. 23)
Map “Lake Naroch Offensive”. 5 (18) – 15 (28) March 1916. Photocopy. Print. Atlas historyi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion. Minsk, 2006. P. 98. Belarusian. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Reports of the Chief of Staff of General Headquarters M. Alekseev to Nicholas II on the development of operational plans at the East European (Russian) Front. 22, 24 and 31 March 1916. Photocopy. Print. Nastuplenie Iugo-Zapadnogo fronta v mae-iiune 1916 g. Moscow, 1940. P. 68-79. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Directive of the Chief of Staff of General Headquarters General M. Alekseev  № 2017/806. 11 April 1916. Photocopy. Print. Nastuplenie Iugo-Zapadnogo fronta v mae-iiune 1916 g. Moscow, 1940. P. 81-83. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Position of belligerent sides at the East European (Russian) Front by April 1916. Map. Photocopy. Nastuplenie Iugo-Zapadnogo fronta v mae-iiune 1916 g. Moscow, 1940. Scheme № 1. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Meeting at General Headquarters at Mogilev. 1 April 1916. Photocopy. Photo. Belarus: Narod. Gosudarstvo. Vremia. Minsk, 2009. P. 225. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Report of General Brusilov on the meeting at General Headquarters on 1 April 1916. Photocopy. Print. Nastuplenie Iugo-Zapadnogo fronta v mae-iiune 1916 g. Moscow, 1940. P. 79-81. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Map “The Operations Plan of General Headquarters” (drawn on the results of meeting at General Headquarters on 1 April 1916). Photocopy. Print. Nastuplenie Iugo-Zapadnogo fronta v mae-iiune 1916 g. Moscow, 1940. Scheme № 2. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Letter from the Chief of Staff of General Headquarters General M. Alekseev to the Russian representative at the French Army Command General Zhilinsky № 2116/855а (excerpt on the combat strength of Russian troops on 10 April 1916). Photocopy. Print. Nastuplenie Iugo-Zapadnogo fronta v mae-iiune 1916 g. Moscow, 1940. P. 49-50. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Letter from the Chief of Staff of General Headquarters General M. Alekseev to the Russian representative at the French Army Command General Zhilinsky № 2116/855а (excerpt on the Russian offensive at the Lake Naroch). 16 April 1916. Photocopy. Print. Nastuplenie Iugo-Zapadnogo fronta v mae-iiune 1916 g. Moscow, 1940. P. 46-48. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Map “Baranovichi (Skrobovo-Gorodishche) Operation”. 19 June – 16 July 1916. Photocopy. Print. Atlas historyi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion. Minsk, 2006. P. 99. Belarusian. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Russian soldiers killed by poison gas in the positions at Krevo, Oshmiany district. Vilna province. 9 August 1916. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-99218)
Skirmish between the machine gunners of the 132nd Bendery Infantry Regiment and the enemy on the River Western Dvina. October 1916. Photocopy. Photo. Belarus: Narod. Gosudarstvo. Vremia. Minsk, 2009. P. 227. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Russian soldiers killed by poison gas in the positions at Krevo, Oshmiany district. Vilna province. Winter 1916. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-99282)
Report of the Vitebsk Province Zemstvo Board to the Governor of Vitebsk on the conscription of Vitebsk zemstvo employees.  20 July 1916. Typescript on institutional letterhead. (NIAB, f. 2508, op. 1, d. 6389, l. 12-12 ob.)
Sodiers and officers of the Turkestan Division on the trench line preparing for combat. Russian Western Front. 1916. Photocopy. Photo from the collection of M. Lukovnikova. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Officers of the Turkestan Division watching the aeroplane. Russian Western Front. 1916. Photocopy. Photo from the collection of M. Lukovnikova. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Fragment from the film “Officers. The choice of the path”: Emperor Nicholas II inspects Russian troops. [1915-1916]. Belarusfilm cinema studio, director A. Sukhanova, cameraman V. Bondarovich. Film record. 2003. Duration 15 secs. (BGAKFFD, № 3631)
1917
149th Black Sea Infantry Regiment on the River Western Dvina. 1917. Photocopy. Photo. Belarus: Narod. Gosudarstvo. Vremia. Minsk, 2009. P. 228 (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Russian soldiers during the German gas attack at Baranovichi. 1917. Photocopy.  Photo. Belarus: Narod. Gosudarstvo. Vremia. Minsk, 2009. P. 229. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Fraternization on the Russian Western Front in 1917. Photocopy. Drawing. Belarus: Narod. Gosudarstvo. Vremia. Minsk, 2009. P. 229. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Fraternization between Russian and German soldiers at the Oginsky Canal near the village of Porechie, Pinsk district. 1917. Photocopy. Photo. Atlas historyi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion. Minsk, 2006. P. 100. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Front-line trenches of Russian troops at Smorgon. April 1917. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-99226)
Headquarters of the 530th Vasil-Sursk Infantry Regiment near the village of Belaya, Vileika district. May 1917. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-99248)
Machine gunners of the 530th Vasil-Sursk Infantry Regiment near the village of Zamostye, Vileika district. July 1917. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-99225)
Excerpt from a direct telephone conversation between the Council of People’s Commissars and the General Headquarters. 9 (22) November 1917. Photocopy. Print. Direktivy Glavnogo komandovaniia Krasnoi Armii (1917-1920). Moscow, 1969. P. 10. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Agreement of truce on the Russian Western Front signed on 21 November 1917 at Soly, Oshmiany district, Vilna province (fragment of the 1st page). Photocopy. Print. Illustrirovannaia khronologiia istorii Belarusi. Minsk, 2000. P. 223. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
1918
Russian and German soldiers on the railway near the demarcation line between the sides. 1918. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-103659)
German soldier. Photo [1914-1918]. (BGAMLI, f. 3, op. 3, d. 107, l.)
One of the first Red Army troops leave for the Russian Western Front. January 1918. Photo. (BGAKFFD, 0-97266)
Fragment from the film “The birth of the army”: Russian soldiers attack the enemy’s position. [1915-1918]. Belarusfilm cinema studio, director M. Israelian; cameraman V. Golikov, I. Shumeiko. Film record. 1987. Duration 5 secs. (BGAKFFD, № 2881)
Fragment from the film “The other sky”: Russian aviators in the air battle. [1915-1918]. Belarusfilm cinema studio, director M. Zhdanovsky, cameraman A. Kazaev. Film record. 2003. Duration 19 secs. (BGAKFFD, № 3636)
Fragment from the film “The Lenin readings”: German troops cross the armistice line in 1918. Belteleradiocompany, 2005. Film record. Duration 19 secs. (BGAKFFD, № 3541)
Order of the Commander of the Western Front A. Myasnikov on the mobilisation of all forces for the fight against the German occupiers. 23 February 1918. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. Т. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 381-382. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Order of the Commander of the Western Front A. Myasnikov on the organisation of defence against the German occupiers on the line Vitebsk – Orsha – Mogilev – Gomel. Smolensk. 23 February 1918. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. Т. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 382. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Order of the Minsk Military Council on the liberation of Minsk from the German occupiers. 10 December 1918. Photocopy. Print. Dokumenty i materialy po istorii Belorussii. Т. IV. Minsk, 1954. P. 428. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Map “Military operations in Belarusian territory in the First World War 1914-1918”. Photocopy. Print. Atlas historyi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion. Minsk, 2006. P. 96. Belarusian. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Map “Belarus in the First World War”. Photocopy. Print. Belarus: Narod. Gosudarstvo. Vremia. Minsk, 2009. P. 221. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Map “Russian Western Front in the campaign of 1917-1918”. Photocopy. Print. Atlas historyi Belarusi ad starazhytnastsi da nashykh dzion. Minsk, 2006. P. 97. Belarusian. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)
Map “Belarus from February 1918 to February 1919”. Photocopy. Print. Illustrirovannaia khronologiia istorii Belarusi. Minsk, 2000. P. 227. Belarusian. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the First World War)