were being prepared to restore the largest industrial enterprises, including the gomel agricultural machine building plant principle, for each sector were prepared such measures provided for significant amounts of restoration work, but the reality turned out to be much more tragic , the scale of destruction was incomparable with any calculations that were laid down in the decisions of the country's leadership. in november 1943 , an impressive landing of specialists, heads of sectoral departments, headed by the chairman of the supreme council of the bssr hope and greek, arrived in the liberated gomel, the first regional center of the republic, from moscow to assess the damage to the city and the liberated region. but do it turned out to be difficult. gomel lay in ruins. from the memories of hope, greek cold horror seized from what he saw, the buildings of all industrial and municipal enterprises were destroyed and burned , the health care trade network was completely destroyed, all schools were looted and all historical monuments were destroyed , the housing stock was almost completely destroyed. there was