Memory Watch, a historical and patriotic project dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War, has launched in the Bykhov district, bringing together search groups fr om Mogilev, Brest and Moscow. Excavations are taking place near the Priberezhie village, wh ere the headquarters of the 45th infantry corps under General Magon together with a unit of the 148th Saratov infantry division got surrounded in 1941. The exact death toll is still unknown.
In the first few days of the excavations, the remains of 13 soldiers and 5 well-preserved medallions have been found. The artifacts have been transferred for examination.












