during the great patriotic war , priest boris kirik, the brother of pavel kirik, secretary of novogrudokp afanasy martas, served here. even before the priesthood boris received a medical education and was a paramedic. the occupation forced the priest to use his knowledge to the fullest. nearby nalibokskaya pushcha is a partisan zone. father boris actively helped the partisans, with medicines, dressings, food, and then in the basement of the church house he created an underground hospital with 10 beds. for many decades, the feat of father boris was unknown, until an article about the priest, written by a former partisan, appeared in the local novogrudok newspaper. he survived only thanks to his father aris kirik. myself the priest had a medical education, his wife, they looked after the wounded, partisans, provided assistance to the population, and not only. her sister elena also helped save the partisans, thanks to her she was able to get bandages and medicines; often boris’s father’s brother pavel received medicines. to treat the wounded, not only medicine was needed, but also people. r

boris kirik ended up in the koldychevo death camp, one of the most terrible concentration camps in belarus security guards here. policemen of the thirteenth belarusian sd police battalion, out of 150 guards, 148 were local. they were trained at a special training center for collaborators. the police brutally mocked the prisoners, beating them half to death; murders were daily here. the executioners ripped open their bellies pregnant women, living babies were thrown into pits, young children were either killed outright or sent to another camp, where their blood was taken for the soldiers of the faith. until 1939, pruzhany was under the jurisdiction of poland; for loyalty to the russian orthodox church, the polish authorities deprived father fedor of citizenship; the exile was prevented by the second world war. after the return of this territory to the ussr, fyodor dmitriyuk was sent to serve in the parish of the village of cherevachitsy, modern kobrin district. it is known that he helped the partisans, this it is documented that he helped the partisans. there was even a wounded partisan in

the priest boris kirik was buried in a common grave with other prisoners of the kaldychev death camp, michurin included the name of boris kelik in the list of killed fighters of the unit. his widow catherine was given a certificate stating that the priest had provided great assistance to the partisans for 2 years. a priest, being in difficult conditions, it is clear how a warrior acts, he fulfills his duty to the end, because he took an oath, well, in principle, the family of this person also understands perfectly well that their head, their husband, he fulfills his duty, exactly he also cannot act differently, otherwise he will be a traitor to his homeland, he will not be a defender of the fatherland, and the federal cathedral in pruzhany, here in the thirties of the last century priest fyodor dmitriyuk served, until 1900... this is documented, he helped the partisans, it was even preserved in his house it is known that he helped the partisans, the wounded partisan, who was looked after by his relatives, the relatives of fyodor’s father, also helped the partisan detachment with infor