(BALACHOVICH near Mozyr) 1920) "Posledniye Izviestja."

(BALACHOVICH near Mozyr) 1920) "Posledniye Izviestja".

Magazine in Russian. 24 XI. 1920. no. 3. Ostrogorzsk. Tip. Usovnarchoza. Editor V. Svirskij. 1-page printed. Dimensions 35.5 x 22 cm.
Unw. overdetachments. Good condition. Informs, among other things, about the fighting with Balachowicz's gangs and the recapture of Mozyrz; about the withdrawal of Polish troops on the basis of the signed truce. Despite the conclusion of the truce between Poland and the Soviet side in Riga on October 12, 1920, the army of Gen. Stanislaw Bulak-Balachowicz from November 5, 1920 undertook independent combat operations in the area of Belarus occupied by the Bolsheviks, capturing Mozyrz on November 10. In Mozyr, Gen. Bulak-Balakhovich declared the independence of Belarus and established the government of the Republic of Belarus, but after several days and a counteroffensive by Bolshevik troops, his army was forced to withdraw to Poland. 9209/29