A Nazi punitive operation coded as “Winter Forest” started in the Vitebsk oblast 65 years ago, on December 27, 1942.
The operation aimed to suppress the partisan movement and civilians in Vitebsk, Gorodok, Mekhovoe, Polotsk and Sirotino regions of the Vitebsk oblast during the Great Patriotic War. The operation was conducted by SS division #286 with the aim to turn the territories in the rear of the left wing of the Centre group of armies “into the burnt-over land”.
During the...
The Vitebsk oblast territorial fund Vitebskoblimuschestvo will arrange the first auction on December 17 to sell unused real estate with the starting price set at one basic amount (Br35,000 as of December 1), head of Vitebskoblimuschestvo’s auctions department Larisa Scheglova told BelTA.
Four unfinished buildings with the total area of 5,400 square metres in the Polotsk region have been put up for auction. Their readiness varies from 9% to 29%. Their market value exceeds Br1 billion....
The restoration of the specimen of the 18th century architecture “Solyanyie Sklady” (salt storage facilities) in Vitebsk has been completed, Viktor Kibisov the chief of the culture department of the Vitebsk town council, told BelTA.
The site will be interesting to see not only because this is an example of the 18th century architecture. Built in 1774 on the bank of the Western Dvina River, the storage facilities were used to store strategic stock of grain, flour and salt. The compound...
