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Kraków and Łódź: liberation 1945
Kraków and Łódź: liberation 1945

On January 19, 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Polish cities of Kraków and Łódź from the Nazis. I…

Jan 19: Historical Dates

In 1900, Mikhail Isakovsky, the translator of the famous Belarusian song "Byvaytsye zdarovy, zhivyt…

Blockade as a tool of genocide
Blockade as a tool of genocide

On January 18, 1943, the Red Army broke the siege of Leningrad. Operation Iskra opened a lifeline c…

Jan 18: discovered Hawaii and released film

On January 18, 1778, James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands, naming them after Lord Sandwich, w…

Lukashenko in Student Village 16 years ago

Archival footage shows Alexander Lukashenko appearing in the Student Village of Minsk, emphasizing …

Jan 17: Key Moments in History

The 'Metadata' section covers important dates that have left their mark in history. January 17, on …

80th anniversary of Minsk's "Nuremberg" trial
80th anniversary of Minsk's "Nuremberg" trial

On January 15, 1946, the first trial in the Byelorussian SSR against Nazi criminals began in Minsk.…

Fritz Merz admitted GDR's mistakes

Fritz Merz, the official representative of the former GDR government, publicly admitted that seriou…

Gestapo lieutenant admitted 30,000 victims

Ober-lieutenant Hans Hermann Koch, head of a special Gestapo unit, turned out to be one of the most…

Mass grave from plague era found
Mass grave from plague era found

In Germany, scientists have discovered one of the mass graves related to the "Black Death" episode—…