Yanka Kupala State University published a publication about the fate of University employees during the Great Patriotic War

Andrey Gecevich, a PhD in History, Associate Professor is the author of the book, which is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Yanka Kupala State University and the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory.
As the author of the book "The Great Patriotic War in the lives of employees of Yanka Kupala State University" noted, the preparation of the anniversary edition is a tribute to the people who defended the independence of their native land 75 years ago. The book contains memoirs of employees and documentary evidence of participants in the war, who in peacetime were rectors, deans of faculties, heads of departments, teachers, employees of departments, library, economic divisions of the University, commandants of dormitories.
One publication contains information about more than 90 University employees who passed the hardships of the war years. They fought on the main fronts of the Patriotic War, partisanized, saved lives in the besieged Leningrad, and also took part in the war with Japan, Finland. Some lived in territories temporarily occupied by the enemy and joined the Кed Army during the last period of the war. There are also young prisoners of German concentration camps among the heroes of the book, who went through hard trials at a young age, found the strength for creative work in peacetime, became teachers and worked for many years in Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.
The author has done a lot of work with documentary sources. The book includes autobiographical data, information from award documents, as well as preserved memories of not only the characters themselves, but also their close relatives, colleagues, students, and coworkers. The anniversary scientific publication is addressed to a wide range of readers, first of all, pupils and students, all who are interested in the history of their native country and Yanka Kupala State University.
We plan to tell about the fate of employees of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno during the Great Patriotic War every day on the University's website. As part of a special section dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory, publications about the heroes of the book by Andrey Gecevich "the Great Patriotic War in the lives of employees of Yanka Kupala State University" will regularly appear.