were being prepared to restore the largest industrial enterprises, including the gomel agricultural machine building plantin in principle , such measures were prepared for each industry and 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 force of specialists, heads of sectoral departments headed by the chairman of the supreme council of the bssr, arrived in the liberated gomel, the first regional center of the republic from moscow , and they had to assess the damage to the city and liberated area. but it turned out to be difficult to do so. 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 network was completely destroyed by trade, all schools were looted and destroyed throughout historical monuments , the housing stock was almost completely