The Russian Defense Ministry published on its official website declassified documents about the operation for the liberation of Minsk from Nazi invaders.
The relevant documents were made public after 75 years of operation. According to RIA Novosti, for details on the liberation of Minsk in the section "From Minsk could see Berlin".
celebrated, that section of the site you can see the directive, reports, orders, as well as the award documents and materials from newspapers. Users are invited to get acquainted with the little-known episodes, as well as learn more about the heroic feats of the officers and soldiers of the Red Army.
Also among the documents it submitted Battle report, in which the course of the operation is described in detail, as well as the joy of citizens, that meet the Red Army. Lieutenant-General Alexander Pokrovsky wrote, Minsk residents threw flowers columns of tanks.
columns of tanks, passing through the city, thrown flowers, so it was more like a huge flower bouquets, rather than the formidable fighting machines, - said in a recording.
