Photo courtesy of the National Cadastral Agency of Belarus
MINSK, 8 May (BelTA) – Information on Belarusian villages burned during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) has been updated on the public cadastral map, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Cadastral Agency of Belarus.
Ahead of Victory Day, Belarus’ National Cadastral Agency and the Prosecutor General’s Office have updated the Burned Villages data on the public cadastral map to reflect newly uncovered information.
Launched in 2021, this mapping project has become a digital monument to the victims of the war and an important tool for preserving historical memory. Its content is based on evidence gathered by the Prosecutor General’s Office during the investigation into the genocide of the Belarusian people. Over the past five years, investigative efforts have identified and added more than 4,000 previously unrecorded localities to the map.
Key results of the latest update include the addition of 15 villages identified through investigative efforts. Furthermore, descriptive data for over 300 villages has been refined, and the precise coordinates of 35 locations have been adjusted.
Today, the map contains data on 12,858 affected villages. Among them are 290 locations that met the same tragic end as Khatyn. These villages were burned along with their inhabitants, vanishing from the country’s map forever.
Efforts to collect, verify and update data continue.
“Every marker on this map is more than just a point, it is a tribute to millions of innocent victims. It is our duty to preserve the truth about the Great Patriotic War and pass it on to future generations,” the agency noted.
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