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War damage suffered by Belarus

Fire at Dokshytsy in 1812. Drawing by the French painter and army officer Adam. Photoreproduction. Pamiats. Dokshytski raion. Minsk, 2004. P. 85. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Report from the head of Loshnitsa to the military comission of Borisov on the plundering of the inhabitants by the stragglers of the Napoleonic army. 26 July 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Barysauski raion. Minsk, 1997. P. 63. (BGAMLI, library, № 23953)
Application by the landlady Stanska to the commission (subprefecture) of Borisov district regarding the plundering of her estate by the French troops. 14 August 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polish. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. Т. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 297. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
On pillaging during the retreat of the French army in Borisov district. September 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Krupski raion. Minsk, 1999. P. 80-81. (BGAMLI, library, № 24010)
Application from the subprefect of Borisov, landowner Zenovich to the subprefecture of Borisov concerning the damage caused by the passing French troops. 6 September 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polish. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. Т. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 358. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Report from the subcommissar of Dokshytsy to the subprefecture of Borisov on the collection of provisions from the inhabitants. 22 September 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polish. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. Т. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 411. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Report from the subcommissar of Khotaevichi to the subprefecture of Borisov about the detention of the Frenchman named Foro with the plundered property and his sending back to the army. 26 September 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polish. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. Т. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 420. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Request from the administrative commission of Minsk department to the subprefecture of Borisov for data on damages and complaints of the inhabitants. 21 October 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polish. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. Т. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 454. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Report from the steward on the estate of Kholopenichi, Count Khreptovich Rydzevsky to the subprefecture of Borisov on the damage caused by the French troops. 24 October 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polish. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. T. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 457. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Report from the steward on the estate of Prince Michail Radziwill, Korsak, to the subprefecture of Borisov on the pillaging of the estate of Staroborisov by the French troops. 30 October 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polish. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. Т. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 466-467. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Letter from the French intendant Saulnier Lacretelle to the administrative commission of Minsk province with the requirement to collect from the inhabitants with the help of military squadrons all the necessary for Napoleon’s army. Minsk. 31 October 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. French. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. Т. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 504-505. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Report from the steward on the Dedin estate of landlady Grebnitska to the subprefecture of Borisov concerning the pillaging of the estate by the French troops. 9 November 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polish. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. Т. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 484-485. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Report by the marshal of the nobility of Kopys district dated 29 October 1813 (excerpt on the burning of the township of Krupki). November 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Krupski raion. Minsk, 1999. P. 81. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Register of the Minsk province conscription office to the Main committee in Vilna on material damage suffered by the inhabitants of Minsk province from the French and Russian troops in the war of 1812. 1812. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 1537, op. 1, d. 4, l. 75-80)
Army order by General Field Marshal Kutuzov-Smolensky dated 29 December 1812 on procedures for forage supplies and the punishment of soldiers for pillaging (excerpt). Photocopy. Printed document. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. Т. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 11-12. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Note by the marshal of the nobility of Mogilev (excerpt on the requisitions by the French army and the partisan movement in the province). 1812 г. Photocopy. Printed document. Istoriia Belarusi v dokumentakh i materialakh. Minsk, 2000. P. 147. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Report from the province archivist dated 4 January 1813 to the Vitebsk provincial administration on the plundering of the archives and the printing shop by the Napoleonic troops. Photocopy. Printed document. Polotsko-Vitebskaia starina. Vyp. III. Vitebsk, 1916. P. 304-305. (NIAB, library, № 16597)
Report from the Minsk fiscal chamber dated 19 April 1813 to the Minsk province conscription office concerning the pillaging of peasants in Devoshytsy, Borisov district in the war of 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Barysauski raion. Minsk, 1997. P. 63–64. (BGAMLI, library, № 23953)
Register of the Disna district conscription office on the number of oxen supplied to Russian troops in 1812. June 1815. Copy. Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 320, op. 1, d. 14, l. 72-72 ob., 74-74 ob.)
Registers of sums of money to be paid to residents of Minsk province for provision supplies to Russian troops in 1812-1815. 1817. Manuscript. Polish. (NIAB, f. 320, op. 1, d. 14, l. 100)
St. Catherine Church in Minsk, which was turned into military hospital and pillaged in 1812 by Napoleon’s troops, reopened for divine service in 1814. Photo of the early 19th century. http://www. minsk-old-new.com/ (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Complaint of the Priest Mironovich of Nacha to the Borisov subprefecture about the seizure by the Uniates of the chapel in the village of Vydritsa. 16 October 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Polish. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. Т. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 446-447. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Lists of churches in Minsk eparchy that suffered from the enemy’s invasion (were pillaged and burnt by Napoleon’s troops) and assigned for abolishment. February 1813. Photocopy. Printed document. Akty Vilenskoi arkheograficheskoi komissii. Т. XXXVII. Vilna, 1912. P. 130-131. (NIAB, library, № 17474)
Minutes of interrogation of the Roman-Catholic Bishop J. Dederko of Minsk dated 7 March 1813 concerning the property of the higher clergy of Minsk plundered in 1812 (excerpt). Manuscript. (NIAB, f. 136, op. 1, d. 2857, l. 107-109)
Register of the property of the higher clergy plundered by the enemy (excerpt). 1813-1837. Manuscript. Polish, Russian. (NIAB, f. 136, op. 1, d. 2857, l . 9-11, 42-45)
Report by the marshal of the nobility of Mogilev district, Korolkov, on the losses suffered by the district in the war of 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)
Description of the damage suffered by the residents of Gora-Gorki during the Napoleonic invasion in 1812. Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Goratski raion. Minsk, 1996. P. 66–68. (BelNITsED, collection of electronic copies of documents and materials on the history of the war of 1812)
Report by the marshal of the nobility of Babinovichi district dated 5 October 1836 (excerpts on the inflicted damage). Photocopy. Printed document. Pamiats. Dubrovenski raion. Minsk, 1997. P. 167-168, 170. (BGAMLI, library, № 23971)