{"id":290283,"date":"2010-06-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/?page_id=290283"},"modified":"2010-06-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-01T00:00:00","slug":"wartime-situation-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/welcome-to-the-archives-of-belarus-website\/subject-guides-to-archival-records\/historical-events\/archival-documents-and-materials-3\/archival-documents-and-materials-on-the-war\/the-beginning-of-the-war-in-belarus\/wartime-situation-in-belarus","title":{"rendered":"Wartime situation in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Wartime situation in Belarus<\/h2>\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"gen_table\">\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">Radio announcement of the German attack on the\r\n    Soviet Union.<br>\r\n    22 June 1941.<br>\r\n    Text read by Yuri Levitan. <br>\r\n    Magnetic tape. Duration 55 sec.<br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 934)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/vov\/levit_aktnap.mp3\"><img\r\n    SRC=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/zvuk.gif\"\r\n    alt=\"Radio announcement of the German attack on the Soviet Union. Voice of Yu. Levitan (847 \u041ab mp3)\"\r\n    title=\"Radio announcement of the German attack on the Soviet Union. Voice of Yu. Levitan (847 \u041ab mp3)\"\r\n    border=\"0\" WIDTH=\"25\" HEIGHT=\"22\"> <\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">German artillery and infantry at the walls of the Brest fortress. <br>\r\n    Brest. June 1941. <br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-71235)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=589029\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\"\r\n    src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m071235.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"80\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">The message left by an unknown soldier on the wall of the Brest fortress\r\n    &#8220;We shall die but not abandon the fortress&#8221;.\u00a0 <br>\r\n    Brest. 1941.<br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 4-393)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=596555\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\"\r\n    src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m4-393.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"81\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">Report from the secretary of the Brest Party Regional Committee, M.N.\r\n    Tupitsyn, to the Central Committee of the Soviet Union Communist Party about the situation\r\n    at the front on the Brest &#8211; Kobrin direction. <br>\r\n    25 June 1941. <br>\r\n    (NARB, f. 4p, op. 33a, d. 77, l. 237-240)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=572907\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\"\r\n    src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/iko3.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" alt=\"view document\"\r\n    title=\"view document\" align=\"right\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">Machine gunners from the 331st rifle regiment, 100th rifle division,\r\n    Western Front, camouflage a firing position before battle.<br>\r\n    Minsk region. 26 June 1941. <br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-135269) <\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=465076\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n    border=\"0\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m135269.jpg\" width=\"89\" height=\"120\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">A sanitary officer from the 355th rifle regiment, 100th rifle division,\r\n    Western Front, I.A. Kashin, transports a wounded machine gunner from the battle field.<br>\r\n    June 1941.<br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-135291)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=171685\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\"\r\n    src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m135291.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"79\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">German motorised infantry supported by tanks enter the town of Volkovysk. <br>\r\n    Grodno region. June 1941. <br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-71264)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=574692\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n    border=\"0\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m071264.jpg\" width=\"88\" height=\"120\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">Soldiers from the 355th rifle regiment, 100th rifle division, Western\r\n    Front, prepare for battle near the town of Ostroshitsky Gorodok.<br>\r\n    Minsk district. 1941. <br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-135271)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=667746\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\"\r\n    src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m135271.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"80\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">German tanks on the Gorky Street (now Bogdanovicha Street) in Minsk. <br>\r\n    June 1941.<br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-71262)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=878656\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\"\r\n    src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m071262.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"80\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">Machine gunners from the 175th motorised rifle regiment, 1st Moscow\r\n    proletarian motorised rifle division, Western Front, Ya.I. Stelyuk (left) and N.P.\r\n    Guschin, fire at the enemy on the Berezina river near Borisov. <br>\r\n    Minsk region. 2 July 1941.<br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-135292) <\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=515695\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\"\r\n    src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m135292.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"81\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">The guncrew of the 175th motorised rifle regiment, 1st Moscow proletarian\r\n    motorised rifle division, Western Front, give defensive fire in the area of Borisov.<br>\r\n    Minsk region. 2 July 1941.<br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-135293)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=651404\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\"\r\n    src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m135293.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"80\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">A column of German vehicles at the Mir Castle.<br>\r\n    Grodno region. 6 July 1941.<br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-136281)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=463565\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\"\r\n    src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m136281.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"80\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">A German armoured vehicle knocked out during the defence of Mogilev. <br>\r\n    Mogilev district. July 1941. <br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-71093)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=120489\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\"\r\n    src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m0-71093.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"80\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">V.I. Syromolotov, chief of the regional militia administration, one of\r\n    active organisers and participants in the defence of Mogilev.\u00a0 <br>\r\n    [Before 1941].<br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-88593)<br>\r\n    <\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=422970\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n    border=\"0\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m0-88593.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"120\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">B.L. Khigrin, commander of the artillerymen who distinguished themselves\r\n    in the defence of Mogilev.\u00a0 <br>\r\n    [Before 1941].<br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-81266)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=219421\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n    border=\"0\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m0-81266.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"120\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">The commander of the 546th corps artillery regiment, F.M. Mikheev, at the\r\n    command post in the area of Rogachev.<br>\r\n    Gomel region. July 1941. <br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-71118)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=881101\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n    border=\"0\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m0-71118.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"81\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a> <\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">Soviet pilots discuss the details of operational flights performed in the\r\n    area of Gomel. <br>\r\n    Gomel district. July 1941.<br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-71130)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=993079\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\"\r\n    src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m0-71130.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"81\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">A disabled armoured vehicle and a killed German soldier after battle. <br>\r\n    Belarus. July 1941.<br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-135295)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=944739\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\"\r\n    src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m135295.jpg\" width=\"89\" height=\"120\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a> <\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">Soviet artillerymen fire on the enemy during the defence of Gomel. <br>\r\n    August 1941. <br>\r\n    (BGAKFFD, 0-71132)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=262652\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\"\r\n    src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/bgakffd\/m0-71132.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"81\" alt=\"photo\"\r\n    title=\"photo\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">Special message from the Gomel postal control office concerning the\r\n    contents of letters going from Gomel, directed by the Belarusian NKVD to the Belarusian\r\n    Party Secretary, P.K. Ponomarenko. <br>\r\n    4 August 1941. <br>\r\n    (NARB, f. 4p, op. 33a, d. 22, l. 1-4)<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=508115\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\"\r\n    src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/iko3.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" alt=\"view document\"\r\n    title=\"view document\" align=\"right\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n  <tr>\r\n    <td width=\"88%\">N. Loban&#8217;s diary notes about the beginning of the war and the first combat\r\n    actions. <br>\r\n    Belarusian language.<br>\r\n    18 September 1941.<br>\r\n    (BGAMLI, f. 148, op. 2, d. 105, l. 1-4 )<\/td>\r\n    <td width=\"12%\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.gov.by\/?page_id=265179\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\"\r\n    src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/images\/vov\/iko3.jpg\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" alt=\"view document\"\r\n    title=\"view document\" align=\"right\"><\/a><\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wartime situation in Belarus Radio announcement of the German attack on the Soviet Union. 22 June 1941. Text read by Yuri Levitan. Magnetic tape. Duration 55 sec. 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