Mr Andrey Baranovsky, Chief Bibliographer of the Bibliology Research Department of the National Library of Belarus, local history expert, author of the book "Lepel Infantry School", took part in the TV show on Russia 1 from the cycle "Memory of Fiery Years".
The show was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Lepel Infantry School. Mr Baranovsky spoke about its activities from 1940 to 1957. He dedicated his speech to the memory of the cadets and officers of the school who died in battles for the Motherland during the Great Patriotic War.
The Lepel Infantry School, formed on the Belarusian land, was moved to the city of Cherepovets, Vologda Region, and since 1941 has been operating there. Mr Baranovsky proposed to install a memorial plaque in the former barracks of the school in the village of Borovka in the Lepel district of the Vitebsk region in the anniversary year of liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders.
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