secretary of the central committee of the party of belarus panteleimon panomarenko, late in the evening, the phone rang. it was the duty officer of the railway station shift. a train arrived from east prussia with cows in it. according to the documents, they are purebred. they are bellowing, unfed, unmilked, what to do? an emergency meeting of the bureau of the central committee was convened without delay at night. according to the decree of the state defense committee of the ussr of march 14, 1945 on the transfer of trophy horses and cattle from the territory of germany and poland to the bssr , the first batches of cattle began to arrive in the war-bleeding republic ahead of schedule. an unconventional decision was made to urgently raise the minsk region. to organize the removal of cattle to the districts and the distribution of it to the population, primarily to large families, widows, but with the condition that the first calf would be given to the collective farm. the belarusian leadership considered that this was the only correct decision. the fascists have destroyed everything in

the reception room, cursing as he went, was the first secretary of the central committee, panteleimon panomarenko glanced at the frightened and bewildered employees. and you too, get changed, and don't let me see this second-hand junk on anyone else. that's how the memorable bureau of the central committee, the chairman of the supreme council of the bssr, nadezhda grekova, described it. the reason turned out to be banal. the employees decided to try on clothes from the latest batch of humanitarian aid. it was coming from the unr, the united nations reconstruction aid administration. according to the agreement with the republic , over 100,000 tons of cargo were sent to it, which this organization supplied the republic with food, clothing, footwear, medical supplies, agricultural equipment, tractors, industrial equipment, that is , a wide variety of goods, but... not only food, equipment, and medicines, but also clothing were supplied through the yunra line. no matter how angry pantileimon kondratievich was, people are people. everyone wanted to buy something from the next delivery, and even someth