On May 8, 1970, the Museum of People's Glory was opened in Begoml

May 8, Minsk / Anna Gromyko - BELTA /. 40 years ago, on May 8, 1970, the Museum of Folk Glory was opened to visitors in the urban settlement of Begoml. The museum's main collection numbers over 13,000 items, and the auxiliary collection has about 4,000. Two halls are occupied by an ethnographic exhibition depicting the life of the local population. Six exhibition halls cover the revolutions of 1905 and 1907, the creation of the Red Army, and the formation of the BSSR. Among the presented materials are the first decrees of Soviet power, Bolshevik newspapers, and photographs of natives of Dokshitsy and Begoml regions who participated in the armed uprising in Petrograd. The second hall of the museum is dedicated to the events of the Great Patriotic War. Among the defenders of the Brest Fortress, over 20 natives of the district were among the first to engage the enemy. The hall's exhibition also tells about local soldiers who participated in the defense of Moscow, Stalingrad, the battle of Kursk, and the war with Japan. Materials in the 3rd and 4th halls highlight the underground and partisan movement in the district, as well as the activities of the Begoml underground district committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Belarus and the "Zheleznyak" partisan brigade. Exhibits in the 5th hall narrate the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders during Operation Bagration in June 1944, and combat operations involving the 277th and 306th rifle divisions, which, together with the partisans of the "Zheleznyak" brigade, liberated Dokshitsy and Begoml and finally expelled the occupiers from the district. Exhibits and materials in the 6th hall are dedicated to the post-war recovery of the district. Numerous documents and photographs tell about the development of the region, economy, culture, and education in Dokshitsy district in the post-war years. -0-