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The chairman of Mogilev regional executive committee Peter Rudnick tells about the prospects and plans for the nearest future.
— What do you consider to be the most important for yourself after the assumption of the office?
— To do my best for the region to hold out the positions it has reached lately. I am aware that the office of the chairman of the regional executive committee requires twofold efforts from me. After all we are to hold out the positive dynamics of development of the society. I won’t mention all the prognosed indices. I’ll name just some of them. For instance, the rise in the volume of the industrial production by the end of the year 2009 must be not less then by 13.5 %. We plan to expand housing construction considerably – by 580 000 sq. m.; to speed up the foreign-economic activity.
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Battle of Lesnay Festivities in Mogilev: 300th anniversary of Russian Victory over the Swedes
Attention of the guests of Mogilev, who plan to visit the city to attend festivities in honour of the 300th anniversary of the Russian victory over the Swedish Army at the Battle of Lesnaya (present-day Slavgorod District).
For those willing to eyewitness the festivities we offer the contact information of the local tourist agency, a list of hotels, cafes and restaurants to facilitate your stay in our city.
Battle near the Village of Lesnaya
The Northern War left traces near the village of Lesnaya (Slavgorod District, Mogilev Region). A few obelisks stand there in memory of the battle between the Russian troops lead by Tsar Peter the Great and the 16,000-strong corps led by Swedish General Lewenhaupt.
The battle near the Village of Lesnaya (September 28 1708) was called the mother of the Battle of Poltava, where the Russians beat Swedes. In that fight the Swedes lost over 9,000 warriors and transport wagons with a three-month stock of foodstuffs, artillery and ammunition for army of Karl XII.
Two centuries after the battle in 1908 they erected a memorial at the former battlefield: Apostle Peter’s Chapel and the statue of a Russian eagle with the Swedish banner in his claws.
Buinichi Field Memorial
The land of Mogilev has seen many a bloody battle.
The field on the outskirts of the village of Buinichi near Mogilev was the place where a group of peasant rebels and Cossacks joined in a battle with the 18,000-strong cavalry army of the Great Duchy of Lithuania.
In 1812 the field saw a bloody fight between the Russian troops and the French army.
In July 1941 soldiers of the regular Soviet army, policemen, police academy cadets and 12,000 local volunteers would sustain the heroic defence of the city for 23 days.
Symbol of Belarus-Poland Battle Community
In the Village of Lenino (Mogilev Region, Gorki District) there is a memorial that symbolizes the battle community of Belarusians and Poles. It was there where the Army of the People of Poland named after Tadeusz Kostyusko was formed back in 1943. The liberation army was formed in the territory of the USSR, armed with Soviet ammunition and included Polish patriots.
The battle of Lenino was the first time the Polish army participated in military action.
There left common graves near Lenino with 1,711 Soviet and 502 Polish warriors. In 1968 they opened a memorial and a museum in the shape of a soldier’s helmet.
The memorial regularly hosts meetings of WWI veterans.
The Battle of Golovchin
On July 3 1708 near the village of Golovchin (Belynichi, Mogilev Region) Swedish King Karl XII won his last prominent victory. 12,500 Swedish warriors beat hollow the 39,000-strong Russian army led by General Menshikov and Field Marshal Sheremetyev.
The battle was described by Walter.
There is a local legend saying that on the night before the battle the Russian attempted to predict the outcome using black magic. They set fire to gunpowder and gazed at the shapes of the smoke. However, that would not work and the battle was lost.
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