Publications of the international corporate project “Belarusian Smolyans, Smolensk Belarusians” dedicated to the participation of Smolyans in the defense of the Brest Fortress and the city of Brest during the Great Patriotic War

The article is devoted to the biobibliographic reference books “Smolyans – defenders of the Brest fortress” and “Smolyans - participants of the battles near Brest in June 1941”. Both publications were implemented within the framework of the project "Belarusian Smolyans, Smolensk Belarusians" initiated by the library of Smolensk State University. Information about the authors’ teams of the mentioned editions is presented, and their content is briefly characterized. The sources used in the preparation of the editions are listed. Materials about the soldiers of the Brest garrison, natives of Smolensk Governorate and conscripted from Smolensk region were collected on the basis of the funds of the Memorial complex “Brest Fortress-Hero”, the museum “Smolensk region during the Great Patriotic War of 1941– 1945”, the Velizhsky district Museum of History and Local Lore of Smolensk region, printed publications of Russia and Belarus, Internet resources, personal archives of soldiers’ relatives. It is noted that the search and analytical work on this research area is ongoing.

1. Ladozhina T. N., Khomyakov V. G., Bolokhonenkova M. N., Kazantseva G. A., Kachulina L. A., Makarenkova L. N., Fomin Yu. V. (comp.). Smolyans – defenders of the Brest Fortress: biobibliographic reference book. Smolensk, Smolensk State University, 2018. 184 p. (in Russian).

2. Kachulina L. A., Ladozhina T. N., Mityukova E. V., Fomin Yu. V. (comp.). Smolyans – participants in the battles near Brest in June 1941: biobibliographic reference book. Smolensk, Smolensk State University, 2020. 98 p. (in Russian).

3. Scientific and educational center "Russia and Belarus: history and culture in the past and present". Available at: https://rusbelrec.smolgu.ru/about/ (accessed 06.06.2024) (in Russian).

4. Kachulina L. A. Velizh residents –defenders of the Brest Fortress. Velizh is my hometown: essays on the history of Velizh and the Velizh region. St. Petersburg, 2010, pp. 391–395 (in Russian).

5. Ladozhina T. N. Smolyans –defenders of the Brest Fortress: documentary film. Available at: https://yadi.sk/d/IqYW4woowXsf6g?uid=22098189 (accessed 06.06.2024) (in Russian).