On July 16, 1944, in Minsk at the former hippodrome (where the National Library of Belarus is now), the legendary partisan parade was held. During the Second World War, Europe knew several examples of mass resistance to Nazis in the form of a partisan movement - in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece, the USSR. But only in the BSSR, partisans were honored with such an honor - to hold their own, separate parade. And this was absolutely fair - the contribution of the people's avengers to the liberation (and then restoration) of the republic was huge.
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Belarus occupied by the Nazis became a territory where the largest partisan and underground movement in Europe unfolded. In Belarus, during the Great Patriotic War, 374 thousand partisans heroically fought with the Nazi invaders, about 400 thousand people consisted of a reserve of partisan units, more than 70 thousand underground patriots operated in cities and other settlements.
Partisans and representatives of the Pinsk underground regional party committee at the headquarters of the Minsk partisan former. They are sitting in the front row: the second on the left is the first secretary of the Pinsky underground regional party committee A.E. Kleshchev, the fourth on the left is the first secretary of the Minsk underground regional party committee V.I. Kozlov, the fifth is the secretary of the Minsk underground regional committee of the party I.A. Belsky. In the second row of the sixth left - the commander of the partisan detachment K.P. Orlovsky, August 1943
The first lands of the BSSR became free thanks to the partisans back in 1942, and in 1944, even before the Red Army, they controlled, completely or partially, already 58% of the territory of the BSSR.
Active participants in the partisan movement (and of them in 1944, 143 thousand fought) after liberation did not remain idle. Many partisans were immediately called up to the Red Army and went further in its ranks. Others were aimed at serving in power structures - the NKVD and the NKGB, where experts who knew the specifics of the local population were required. And many partisans, even before the parade on July 16, received an order to arrive for the restoration or construction of the objects of the national economy throughout the republic - there were catastrophically lacked workers. Some of these objects can rightfully be considered "partisan" - their foundations are laid with the hands of those who fought for their native land with weapons in their hands.
Frontlines for housing construction, December 1947
Minsk after liberation. Destruction on Lenin Street, September 1944
Panorama of the destroyed city of Minsk, July 1945
The station building, destroyed by fascist invaders. Minsk residents on the restoration of railway tracks, July 10, 1944
Students of Minsk on the cleaning of the school courtyard, August 1, 1944
The working people of Minsk on the Odorodsky subbotnik to restore their hometown, May 31, 1952
Restoration of the first tram in Minsk fascist invaders, July 10, 1944
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