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video and is available 24 hours a day every day. be with the belarus 24 tv channel and discover belarus. 1944, moscow. over 57 thousand former wehrmacht servicemen walked in disgrace through the streets of the soviet capital. they dreamed of this march as victors, but the fascists had to trudge under escort. by evening, behind the columns.

military leadership talent. almost all prominent high level military art and commanders of the great patriotic war entered the war at the age of a golden alloy of experience and energy, knowledge and initiative. to this georgy fyodorovich zakharov, who was considered one of the most educated military commanders, also belonged to this generation.

the red army was preparing for stalin's fifth strike, the largest offensive operation in world war ii, bagration, with the participation of four soviet fronts. recognition of the merits of colonel-general zakharov's abilities was his appointment on june 4, 1944 to the post of commander of the second belarusian front. this was the general's finest hour. the life of the future general began on may 5, 1897 in family of the poor peasant fyodor zakharov, consisting of thirteen souls. in the autumn of 1908, his father took eleven-year-old georgy to saratov, where he was an apprentice at a nail factory and an apprentice in a shoemaker 's tailor's workshop as a packer in a warehouse. he

was drafted into the army in 1915. in the interwar period, georgy fyodorovich rose from battalion commander to chief of staff of the ural military district. on the eve of the great patriotic war, forty-two-year-old zakharov was perhaps one of the most highly educated soviets.

he was awarded the order of suvorov, first degree, and received the rank of colonel general for another successful military operation. the history of the second belarusian front begins on february 17, 1944, when it was, strictly speaking, formed. it took part in the polesie offensive operation, which took place from march 15 to april 5, 1944 , during which damage was inflicted on the enemy's kovel group. but on april 5, 1944, the front was disbanded and its troops were transferred to staff the belarusian front. however, literally after 20 days, on april 24, the front was restored again, in the bagration operation, it took part in three combined arms armies and one air army. the belarusian operation itself, it will be developed from april

1944, it should be noted that its main developer is a native of belarus from grodno antonov. will stand at the head of the second belarusian front, it will be he who will be given the right to be one of the very first to begin this operation under the general name bagration, here with the forces of the second front. about his appointment to this post in the memoirs of the chief of the general staff, marshal of the soviet union vasilevsky, there are such lines. stalin also asked to report his proposals on the chiefs of staff.

was in control of the entire situation, the operation itself, it begins on june 22 with reconnaissance, this will be partisan mutual assistance, activity, this is a fight on communications, which is very important, this is of course an attack on the garrisons, of which there will be a very large number on the path of the second belarusian front. the second belarusian front, which at that time was commanded by general, delivered an auxiliary blow in the mogilev-minsk direction. there were no powerful means for a breakthrough here to conduct an offensive simultaneously with all armies in the first echelon. before the start of operation bagration, the front had about 220 thousand bayonets, more than 4,800 guns and

mortars, over 270 tanks and self-propelled artillery units. the german group opposing...

sighted in, that is, the germans can shoot in the dark, since everything is sighted in, known possible fords, where the enemy, well, in this in this case, the soviet troops could try to establish pontoon crossings there. to establish and so on and so forth, and he needed, taking into account the capabilities of his front, the weakest front, to carry out this operation, understanding that no one would transfer any reserves to him, it was necessary to operate with the forces at his disposal. our troops had to force water borders, this is the pronya river, then the not so deep and wide river... the dnieper, which does not need commentary, this

river. the task was reduced to the fact that, in fact, speaking, this was the plan of operation bagration, that the troops of the second belarusian front play an auxiliary role, their task is to sort of put pressure on the enemy, squeezing him out, but at the same time seizing mogilev, chausy, shklov, belynichi, so to speak, in order to mislead the enemy in their own way. so, we see in... fortified, this is a fortress city, according to the order of the führer, without the petition of the commander

of the army group center and his personal decision of hitler, it was impossible to leave this fortress. the commander of the garrison, major general erdmansdorff, in general, did not accept the capitulation that was offered to him, and the assault on mogilev was brutal. here for the first time we are seeing such a phenomenon as a cauldron, the mogilev cauldron. of course, there are different data on how many got in, well, starting from 10 thousand, 20 thousand, but at the same time it was a great success, but it was precisely the success that was listed in this strategy, the strategy that the city of mogilev, it was initially outflanked, that is, deprived of such operational space, a large number of wehrmacht got in there, and this very prepared, basically this activity is designated by the fourth army,

which had a lot of experience, and here this decision, to create a group headed by lieutenant general tyurin, it played its role, since this group went into a breakthrough after they forced the river and ensured the further advancement of grishin's forty-ninth army. the next decision is the creation of shock troops, these are regiments. rifle regiments, reinforced by attached units, there artillery, tanks, which also played a role, this is all a decision of the command, which he sees how the situation in the theater of military operations is developing, so to speak, he makes decisions like this, from the evening of june 27 until 10:30, june 28, the germans made several attempts to break out of the city in order to immediately reach minsk. move further to minsk, but our troops, in general, having put up barriers, did not allow this idea to be realized,

after which the battles already on the twenty-eighth, as i have already said, unfolded on the streets of the city and in general by 18:00 the city was captured or liberated by soviet troops. june 28 1944, after a fierce battle, the troops of the second belarusian front liberated mogilev. zakharov reported to stalin . on the night of june 27, the troops crossed the dnieper and continued the offensive. by a flanking maneuver of the 50th and 49th armies from the north and southwest, by storm, with street fighting for 24 hours, they captured a powerful stronghold, a major junction of railways and highways, the regional center, the city of mogilev. was given, so the city was taken, after which the troops of the second belarusian front continued the operation to

destruction of the enemy group that found itself surrounded, that is , they began pursuing the enemy from the wheels, the minsk offensive operation of 1944 is also associated with the name of georgy fyodorovich zakharov, it became a joint offensive operation of the troops of the third, second and first belarusian fronts and... was carried out with the aim of encircling the minsk group of army group center and liberating the capital of the bssr. the commander of the troops of the second belarusian front, setting tasks in those days. the armies ordered: organizing a rapid movement of troops, ahead of each army at a distance of 30-50 km, have strong army mobile detachments. the task of the detachments is to conduct long-range reconnaissance, capture important lines, river crossings, clear roads from small enemy groups, not to engage in battle with large enemy forces, but to bypass them.

zakharov ordered the forty-ninth and fiftieth armies to allocate. let's imagine that we had nine such places in minsk alone, we imagine that these are not just places that we designate in the memorialization plan, but these are places that day and night they killed residents, killed children and women, well, and i would also like to simply emphasize the significance of the activities

of the second belarusian front, because on their way there were trostenets, lagovshchina, the chancellery on the wide. certainly there remained territories like minsk somewhere, where thousands were also destroyed, that is, when they were advancing, then in each populated area they saw the remnants, the remnants of that monstrous policy of genocide, for example, in minsk these are the burning bodies near the village of maly trostenets, it was precisely during this period that we we know that even such operations as, for example, human shields are taking place, that is... from the population, that is what is typical, for example, for azarich, when there were battles for the liberation of belarus, the nazis retreated, children were loaded into the death train, transported as a human shield, as soon as our aviation began to bomb,

because more than twenty generals will be captured, and 19 of them will march there as part of this parade of shame in moscow, that is, this will be, well, an outstanding phenomenon, of course. in the mogilev operation, zakharov's regimental talent was clearly demonstrated, the ability military tactician and strategist, the ability to wisely

navigate the current situation. the front successfully completed the assigned tasks, broke through the enemy's strong defense, liberated mogilev, in cooperation with other fronts drove 100,000 germans into a large cauldron near minsk, liberated minsk, grodno and bialystok. the front commander was awarded the rank of army general in july and awarded the order of suvorov , first degree. and confirmation that zakharov solved the tasks assigned to the front, he coped with them as a commander front, as a military leader, this is if we take the magilev, minsk and belostok operations, he was awarded the rank of army general, this is also an indicator, people who do not cope with tasks, higher ranks are not awarded. despite combat successes, at

the end of november forty-what zakharov was demoted. kharov, so to speak, was not given his destiny, he headed the fourth guards army, then already in forty-five he was deputy commander of the fourth ukrainian front. rakosovsky later wrote about this: i accept the position from army general zakharov, i confess that i felt very awkward in front of him, because he commanded well,

suddenly i came to his place, it’s not so bad for me, taking up an equivalent position, and zakharov is appointed, formally speaking, with a demotion. the fate of colonel general, later army general zakharov, it generally stands out, he is one of the few front commanders who was not awarded the high title of hero of the soviet union, despite the fact that he received several regimental ranks.

this is a decision of the higher management of the people's commissar of defense there and so on, therefore here in this sense there can be no questions to zakharov. georgy fyodorovich finished participation in the combat actions of the great patriotic war of the prague operation, as a result of which the defeat of the armed forces of nazi germany was completed, the territory of czechoslovakia was completely liberated and with active support.

good operational training extensive experience in commanding troops, he was distinguished by high efficiency, exactingness, but sometimes

he was too harsh. there is a film dedicated to gorbatov, let's say, yes, it is widely known about him, he is credited there with stalin's phrase that gorbatov's grave will be fixed, leave him alone and so on, this is in films about... then zakharov here is, as it were , less, well, using modern language, promoted, or something in this, although as a commander he coped with his tasks. every soldier who participated in that terrible war, i mean the soviet soldiers, he deserves to be remembered, maybe not in the film, remembered during a speech to schoolchildren in the area where he was born, where he lived or died after the war, unfortunately, in this sense zakharov deserves, of course, all respect, as a person who led such a difficult

time for the country, led the fronts, because the front is not entrusted to the first comer, you have to earn the right to be a front commander, this is a very high position, in fact, but we must admit that if we talk about the popularity of these or those ... a person awarded the highest orders soviet union, military orders, which in general went through the entire war. showed

himself worthy, deserves not to be forgotten, and i must note, since we are now, now we are in the museum of the history of the great patriotic war, here the name of zakharov is immortalized, in the eighth hall, in particular, this hall is dedicated to operation bagration to liberate the territory of the republic of belarus. unlike other front commanders who participated in operation bagration, zakharov did not become either a marshal or a hero of the soviet union, but his the awards are impressive: 10 soviet orders and one foreign one. georgy fyodorovich zakharov died in january 1957, three months before his sixtieth birthday. in memory of the great hero and legendary commander , streets in belarus are named after georgy zakharov. in

volkovysk and grodno. pripetsky national park is a region in the south of belarus that is unique in its natural biodiversity, where unique natural biocomplexes and habitats of rare animals have been preserved to this day on a european scale. the national park is located in the pripyat river valley in the center of the polesie lowland. after the retreat of the pripet glacier, polesie was a water

basin filled with melted glacial waters, which was later called the "pripyat sea", and during the middle ages, the numerous swamps of polesie were designated as the herodotus sea. gradually, as the reservoir became shallower, vast peat bogs formed in its place, some of which have survived to this day. the history of the formation of the pripet national park began in the twenties and thirties years. century, when it was proposed to create a protected area in polesia, taking as a basis the largest almanic swamp massif in europe. in june 1969 , the pripetsky state landscape and hydrological reserve was organized, which in 1996 was transformed into the pripetsky national park. in 1995 , an experimental forest hunting farm, lyaskovich, was established at the reserve, in ...

belarusian polesia, in the interfluve of the river the national park is located within the pripyat, stviga and ubort. administratively , the park is located on the territory zhitkovichi, lelchetsky and petrikov districts of the gomel region, with the administrative center in the agro-town of lyaskovich. the pripyat national park impresses with its endless and virtually untouched. expanses of marshy areas of 188,000 hectares, of which about 35% is occupied by the protected zone. this region is called the belarusian amazonia, because it is here that vast marshlands, wide floodplains of the pripyat river and its tributaries, oak forests and broad-leaved forests are located, which in structure and floristics composition is unique for the entire

east european plain. scientists believe that the national park is a hydrologically closed area. about 38 species of fish live on its territory. the flora of the national park includes more than a thousand species of higher plants, 47 of which are listed in the red book of the republic of belarus. the fauna of the national park is rich and diverse, characterized by a significant number of rare species that are not found anywhere else in belarus. of the large ungulates, there are many elk, wild boar, roe deer, predators, lynx, wolf, wood grouse, ferret, weasel, and pine marten are common. re-acclimatization of bison, as well as the janot-like dog, andatry is successfully carried out on the territory of the park. pripetsky national park has the international status of a key ornithological territory. 256 species of feathered birds live here.