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The Belarusian State Archives of Films, Photographs and Sound Recordings holds many\r\nhistoric documents which bear authentic witness to the events of the Second World War.\r\nAmong the Archives’ holdings is a collection of photographs taken by Vasily Arkashev\r\nduring the war (in all, 508 photoprints). A photo reporter for the army newspaper “We\r\nshall destroy the enemy” and then with the front line newspaper “The Red Army\r\nTruth”, Arkashev fought battles from Minsk to Moscow and from Moscow to Konigsberg\r\n(now Kaliningrad). The photographer’s war routes passed through Moscow, Smolensk, Belarus,\r\nLithuania, East Prussia and other areas, where he continuously took photographs. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Arkashev’s photographs provide invaluable evidence for the Second World War. These\r\ndepict many combat episodes, everyday life in the army, river crossings and attacks,\r\nmedical work, interrogations of prisoners. Of great interest are photographs depicting the\r\nearly days of the war, when the 100th Infantry Division resisted the Nazi attack in the\r\narea of Ostroshitski Gorodok and along Logoisk Highway. Many of these photographs\r\nhighlight the events relating to the Battle of Moscow, the liberation of Gzhatsk, Vyazma,\r\nDorogobuzh, Elnya, Smolensk, and other areas.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The photographic documents selected for the online photo exposition entitled\r\n“Vasily Arkashev. My War” (in all, 30 photographs) are remarkable for their\r\nartistic power and historical precision. They have high information value and increase\r\nawareness of our archival heritage on this war, which is especially important in the days\r\nwhen we celebrate 65 years since Belarus’ liberation from the Nazi occupation and the 65th\r\nanniversary of victory in the Second World War. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
The photo exhibition is prepared by the staff of the Belarusian State Archives of\r\nFilms, Photographs and Sound Recordings; web design and photographs layout is created by\r\nG. Z. Dashkevich, senior research assistant at the Belarusian Research Center for\r\nElectronic Records. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Any copying, printing, reposting or other use of the photographs on this page is\r\nprohibited without permission in writing from the Belarusian State Archives of Films,\r\nPhotographs and Sound Recordings. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
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