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Historical and Cultural Complex "Stalin Line" (http://www.stalin-line.by/)
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The Historical and Cultural Complex "Stalin`s line"

http://www.stalin-line.by/img/ls-de-s.jpgThe Historical and Cultural Complex “Stalin`s line” was founded to the sixty years anniversary of the Victory of soviet people in the Great Patriotic war, it was opened on the 30th of June 2005 in memory of Minsk defenders. It is the memorial of the year 1941 and the museum of the first days of the Great Patriotic war.
“Stalin`s line” is the chain of defensive installations along the former USSR frontier from Karelian Isthmus to the shores of Black sea. It consisted from twenty three fortified regions including more than four thousand permanent weapon emplacements (pillboxes). It was a strong reinforced-concrete covering force 1200 kilometers long. Four fortified regions – Polotsk, Minsk, Slutsk, Mozyr – were situated on the territory of Belarus. There were nine hundred sixty-six pillboxes. Fortified regions formed a united defence line. The entire line of the fortified regions had been built since 1928 till the autumn 1939. Minsk’s fortified region No 63, which was 140 kilometers long included 327 pillboxes. On the 26-28th of June 1941 at the lines of the Minsk`s fortified region started fierce fights with the attacker units of the fascist army.
The exposition Military-historical museum was created and planed so, that from the first steps a visitor could feel the spirit of the times. The opportunity to be absorbed in history is one of the distinctive features of the museum. The basis of the exposition is original pillboxes. All entrenchments and communication trenches with rifle-pits for machine-guns and with blindages and recesses for ammunition were reconstructed according to the designs of the year 1940.
The park of military equipment of different years is of special importance in the museum. It is the most complete exposition in the Republic of Belarus of all artillery and military equipment, which was adopted in different years, beginning from the war times.
Adapted for the stage reconstruction of fights is carried out in the museum, it gives us an opportunity to see the fights which took place at the line of the Minsk fortified region in June of 1941.
The Historical and Cultural Complex “Stalin’s line” is situated in 30 km from the Minsk and in 6 km from the ancient town Zaslavl. Home











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War of 1979-1989 GG (http://www.stalin-line.by/fund/afghan3.htm)

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1979-1980 GG (http://www.stalin-line.by/fund/afghan3-2.htm)
1981 (http://www.stalin-line.by/fund/afghan3-3.htm)
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1983 (http://www.stalin-line.by/fund/afghan3-5.htm)
1984 (http://www.stalin-line.by/fund/afghan3-6.htm)
1985 (http://www.stalin-line.by/fund/afghan3-7.htm)
1986 (http://www.stalin-line.by/fund/afghan3-8.htm)
1987 (http://www.stalin-line.by/fund/afghan3-9.htm)
1988 (http://www.stalin-line.by/fund/afghan3-10.htm)
1989 (http://www.stalin-line.by/fund/afghan3-11.htm)

The war lasted from December 25, 1979 to February 15, 1989. During this period, through Afghanistan passed 620 thousand members Oxview. In addition, the positions of workers and employees in the Soviet army was during this period 21,000 people. Annual payroll number of troops of the Soviet Army was 80-104 thousand troops and 5-7 thousand workers and employees.
Total irrecoverable loss of life (killed, died from wounds and disease, have died in accidents, resulting in accidents and casualties) of the Soviet Armed Forces, together with the boundary and internal forces totaled 14,453 men. Sanitary losses totaled 469,685 people, including: injured, wounded, injured 53,753, 415,932 sick people (the number of deaths from injuries and diseases included in the number of irrecoverable losses). To have been lost and were captured 417 people.
Of the 11,654 people who have been dismissed from the army due to wounds, injury, serious illness, become disabled 10 751 people, including: Group 1 - 672, group 2 - 4 216 and the third group - 5,863 people.
Over the years Oxview stay in Afghanistan were awarded orders and medals of 200,153 people, including 10,955 people posthumously, in 1975 became Heroes of the Soviet Union (1925 - posthumously).

All across Afghanistan were 28,832 native of Belarus, killing 723 people, 12 were missing.
Three awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union:
1. Art. c-t Chepik Nikolai Petrovich (28/04/1980 PM - posthumously)
2. Mr Vasily Shcherbakov (28/04/1980), the
3. series. Melnikov, Andrei Aleksandrovich (06/28/1988 PM - posthumously).
Losses in equipment and armament were:
Aircraft - 118;
Helicopter - 333;
tanks - 147;
BMPs, BMD, BTR - 1314;
guns and mortars - 433;
stations and command and staff vehicles - 1138;
engineering machines - 510;
Car airborne and fuel tankers - 11369.

Commanders of the 40 th separate army in Afghanistan:
1. Lieutenant General Tuharinov Yuri (13.12.1979 PM - 23.09.1980 PM);
2. Lt. Gen. Tkach Boris Ivanovich (23.09.1980 PM - 07/05/1982 PM);
3. Lt. Gen. Victor F. Ermakov (PM 05/07/1982 - 04/11/1983 PM)
4. Lieutenant-General Leonid Generalov Evstafevich (04/11/1983 PM - 19/04/1985 PM);
5. Lt. Gen. Igor Radionov (19/04/1985 PM - 30.04.1986 PM);
6. Lieutenant General Viktor Dubynin (30.04.1986 PM - 06/01/1987 PM);
7. Lt. Gen. Boris Gromov Vsevolodovich (PM 01/06/1987 - 02/17/1989 PM).

Major combat operations conducted by Soviet troops in Afghanistan:
- Panjshir Valley (1980 - 1986 years.)
- Green Zone Jabal Ussaradzh, Cherikar (Parwan Province), Mahmudaraki (province Kanis) (January - February 1982);
- Kandahar (January 1982);
- Nijrab district (province Kanis) (April 1983);
- Baghlan province, Kanis, Parwan (October 1985);
- Kunar province (1985);
- Province of Herat (1986);
- Kandahar (April-September 1987);
- Province of Paktia and Khost District (December 1987-th - January 1988 ("Magistral"));
- Jowzjan Province (December 1981);
- Nimroz Province (April 1982);
- District Host (February - April 1986).
The war brought untold misfortune and sufferings of the Afghan people for nine years, killing more than a million Afghans. And the soldiers of the revolution and the opposition and civilians caught in the crossfire of "their" and "shuravi (Soviet).

The gratitude for there fighting soldiers goes on, as does the old indoctrination.
Russia is not a sleeping bear.