grodno to shchuchina it is only 57 km away, from minsk further, all 220, the city stands on the turovka rivernd has 15,500 inhabitants. historians still cannot come to a consensus about his age. in 2007, shchyuchin celebrated his 470th birthday, and by 2017 he had grown 20 years older. during this time they were found in russian archives. why exactly shchyuchin i thought at the entrance to the city, but did not receive an answer to my question. that the name came from the surname pike , which was borne by one of the owners of the town, but this is not documented anywhere, just like the fact that in ancient times there were countless pikes in turovka. at the entrance to schuchen, all travelers are greeted by a huge mig-25 aircraft, and you immediately understand that the city is inextricably linked with the history of aviation. still, during the union, it was an almost closed city; at its secret military airfield there were strategic... bombers, in case of military danger, they were supposed to attack the west, but nothing happened. today shuchin is interesting for its civilian side. almost al

its first combat operation on july 25 in the area of ​​samokhvalikha farm, on the banks of the turovka riverissance discovered an enemy unit. on the river, open fire on the enemy was so sudden that the enemy was unable to find his bearings and provide organized resistance, the battle was fast and was one-sided in nature, the partisans left without losses, and for three dozen germans this rest became the last, later , when... the number grew to 105 people, this is closer to the autumn of forty-one, then minai shmyrev plans an operation to attack the german garrison in soruzh. during august september 1941 alone, father minai’s partisans fought 27 battles, destroyed more than 100 nazis and their accomplices, 14 vehicles, 18 fuel tanks, and eight bridges. german authorities recognize the danger of partisan warfare movements in their occupied territory are already beginning to put prices on shmyrev’s head, on bandit number one, as they called him. the nazis sentenced minai shmyrev to death in absentia. by posting leaflets, a bounty was placed on his head. the one who betrayed the commander was pr