nikolai borisenko, historian. historical decisions: not to surrender the city until the last minute, powerful line of defense along the dnieper, because there is no such water line before moscow, soviet troops are being brought here, a second echelon is being formed defense, mogilev begins to dig in. on june 28, 1941, the preparation of defensive fortifications around the city of magilevo began, and literally in 6-7 days two lines of fortifications were prepared, and one of the lines was an anti-tank ditch, which... already on july 3 , reconnaissance detachments went to the distant approaches to the city germans. by this point, the defenders had built massive defensive fortifications, laid extensive minefields, and fortified houses. shoulder to shoulder with citizens and soldiers. the police are also preparing for the fight, they support order, protect the city from marauders, resist saboteurs, they were placed at the disposal of the military commandant of the city , colonel voevodin, that is, the main military commander in the garrison, and they were given tasks depending on the sit