Chigirinka

Chigirinka (Russian and Belarusian: Чигиринка) is an agricultural settlement in the vicinity of Mahilyow, Belarus. The settlement falls under the administrative division of Mahilyow Voblast.

The village was burned to the ground in 1943 by the Estonian collaborationist 658th Eastern Battalion under Major Alfons Rebane.^[1]

It was liberated in 1944 by the Soviet troops of the 1st Belarussian Front.^[2]

See also

• Occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany

References

1. ^ Voyakina, Natalya & Vladimir Makarov. "Путь в ЕС под марш СС: Кем же были в действительности эстонские эсэсовцы?". Voyenno-Promyshlennyi Kurier No. 29 (145). 02-08 August 2006. Retrieved 22 June 2009. (Russian)
2. ^ "June 28th, 1944: From the Soviet Information Bureau". Our Victory Day By Day: RIA Novosti Project. RIA Novosti. 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2009.