on july 3 , wehrmacht chief of staff franz halder wrote: it would not be an exaggeration to say that campaign against russia was won within 14 days. alexey tyutyunkov, candidate of historical sciences. all began with alexey studying the military exploits of his grandfathers. one went through the entire war, ending it in prague, the second... died near mogilev on the 28th day, where he is buried now is still unknown. gradually, alexey became interested in the military history of his native land. today he is one of those who study the military archives of mogilev and participate in search activities. in mogilev, during the first days of the war, a fairly large police garrison gathered, about 1,500 people. these figures are confirmed by archival sources. these were policemen. who evacuated from the already captured territories, firstly, some of the policemen, about 800 people, were sent to the people's militia, that is, directly with arms in hand to defend the city from the nazi invaders, the rest of the policemen performed several functions, these were the protection of public order, t