senior sergeant afanasy lyapustin hoisted two flags at once: one above the railway station building, government house. senior sergeant vasily mityukov installed a banner on the balcony of the government house, senior sergeant arsenty skiba, above the building of the officers' house, lieutenant mikhail chetveryakov above the city council building. at the height of the battle , a leaflet was passed from hand to hand, in which he said: a systematic retreat of enemy troops was being organized here, prevented the approach of reserves. the partisans made their contribution to the overall victory, they inflicted significant blows on the enemy’s communications, disrupted communications, forward detachments of soviet troops behind enemy lines saved government buildings, enterprises, airfields and other important objects from destruction. in the liberated areas of minsk, partisans posted guards at important facilities and warehouses with trophies. the fighting in minsk continued until late in the evening. the nazis desperately resisted, stubbornly fighting for every street, for every house. by