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Vitsyebsk gate

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In Soviet and Belarusian historiography, the Vitebsk or Surazh gate (Віцебскія вароты or Суражскія вароты) was the name given to the corridor connecting Soviet and German-occupied territories during World War II. [1]

34 relations: Army Group Centre, Army Group North, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Communist Party of Byelorussia, Daugava, Demyansk Pocket, German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II, Gestapo, Ho Chi Minh trail, Jerzy Turonek, Joseph Stalin, Kalinin Front, Kholm Pocket, Mikhail Savitsky, Moscow Kremlin, Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Rzhev, Salient (military), Soviet Armed Forces, Soviet Union, Surazh, Surazhsky District, Toropets–Kholm Offensive, Usvyaty, Usvyaty, Usvyatsky District, Pskov Oblast, Velikiye Luki, Velizh, Vietnam War, Vitebsk, Vitebsk Region, Vyazma, World War I, 205th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 4th Shock Army.

Army Group Centre

Army Group Centre (Heeresgruppe Mitte) was the name of two distinct German strategic army groups that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II.

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Army Group North

Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord) was a German strategic echelon formation, commanding a grouping of field armies during World War II.

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Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; Belorusskaya SSR.), also commonly referred to in English as Byelorussia, was a federal unit of the Soviet Union (USSR).

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Communist Party of Byelorussia

The Communist Party of Byelorussia (Коммунистическая партия Белоруссии, Камуністычная партыя Беларусі), known as Communist Party (bolsheviks) of Byelorussia (Коммунистическая партия (большевиков) Белоруссии) until 1952, was a communist party in Belarus 1918-1991, created following the Russian Revolution of 1917.

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Daugava

The Daugava (Daugova) or Western Dvina is a river rising in the Valdai Hills, Russia, flowing through Russia, Belarus, and Latvia and into the Gulf of Riga.

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Demyansk Pocket

The Demyansk Pocket (Festung Demjansk or Kessel von Demjansk; Демя́нский котёл) was the name given to the pocket of German troops encircled by the Red Army around Demyansk, south of Leningrad, during World War II on the Eastern Front.

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German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II

The occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany started with the German invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941 (Operation Barbarossa) and ended in August 1944 with the Soviet Operation Bagration.

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Gestapo

The Gestapo, abbreviation of Geheime Staatspolizei (Secret State Police), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe.

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Ho Chi Minh trail

The Hồ Chí Minh trail (also known in Vietnam as the "Trường Sơn trail") was a logistical system that ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) to the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) through the kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia.

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Jerzy Turonek

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Joseph Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet revolutionary and politician of Georgian nationality.

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Kalinin Front

The Kalinin Front was a major formation of the Red Army active in the Eastern Front of World War II.

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Kholm Pocket

The Kholm Pocket (Kessel von Cholm; Холмский котёл) was the name given for the encirclement of German troops by the Red Army around Kholm south of Leningrad, during World War II on the Eastern Front, from 23 January 1942 until 5 May 1942.

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Mikhail Savitsky

Mikhail Savitsky (Міхаіл Савіцкі) (February 18, 1922 – November 8, 2010) was a Belarusian painter.

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Moscow Kremlin

The Moscow Kremlin (p), usually referred to as the Kremlin, is a fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River to the south, Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square to the east, and the Alexander Garden to the west.

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Panteleimon Ponomarenko

Panteleimon Kondrat'evich Ponomarenko (Пантелеймо́н Кондра́тьевич Пономаре́нко, Пантэляймон Кандрацьевіч Панамарэнка; 18 January 1984) was a general in the Red Army before becoming a Soviet administrator in Belarus and then Kazakhstan.

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Rzhev

Rzhev (p) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Staritsa and from Tver, on the highway and railway connecting Moscow and Riga.

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Salient (military)

A salient, also known as a bulge, is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory.

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Soviet Armed Forces

The Soviet Armed Forces, also called the Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (Russian: Вооружённые Силы Союза Советских Социалистических Республик Vooruzhonnyye Sily Soyuza Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, Вооружённые Силы Советского Союза) refers to the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922), the Soviet Union (1922–1991) and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1912–1991) from their beginnings in the aftermath of the Russian Civil War to its dissolution on 26 December 1991.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Surazh

Surazh (Сураж) is a town and the administrative center of Surazhsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Iput River southwest of Bryansk, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Surazhsky District

Surazhsky District (Сура́жский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #13-Z and municipalLaw #3-Z district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Bryansk Oblast, Russia.

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Toropets–Kholm Offensive

The Toropets–Kholm Offensive was a military operation conducted south of Lake Ilmen by the Red Army during World War II, from 9 January-6 February 1942.

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Usvyaty

Usvyaty (Усвяты) is the name of several inhabited localities in Pskov Oblast, Russia.

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Usvyaty, Usvyatsky District, Pskov Oblast

Usvyaty (Усвяты, Uświat) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Usvyatsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia.

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Velikiye Luki

Velikiye Luki (p; lit. great meanders).

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Velizh

Velizh (Ве́лиж; Веліж; Wieliż; Veližas) is a town and the administrative center of Velizhsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Western Dvina, from Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Vitebsk

Vitebsk, or Vitsebsk (Ві́цебск, Łacinka: Viciebsk,; Витебск,, Vitebskas), is a city in Belarus.

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Vitebsk Region

Vitebsk Region, Vitsebsk Voblast, or Vitebsk Oblast (Ві́цебская во́бласць, Viciebskaja Vobłasć,; ˈvʲitʲɪpskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a region (voblast) of Belarus with its administrative center being Vitebsk (Vitsebsk).

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Vyazma

Vyazma (Вя́зьма) is a town and the administrative center of Vyazemsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vyazma River, about halfway between Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast, and Mozhaysk.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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205th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 205th Infantry Division (German: 205. Infanterie-Division) was a German division during the Second World War.

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4th Shock Army

4th Shock Army was a Combined Arms Army of the Soviet Armed Forces during World War II.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitsyebsk_gate

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