1st Belarusian Regiment

Soldiers of the 1st Belarusian Regiment near the Grodno Military Command decorated with three flags of Lithuania, Belarus, and with the Coat of arms of Lithuania in January 1919[1]

1st Belarusian Regiment (Belarusian: 1-ы беларускі полк, Lithuanian: 1-asis Baltgudžių pulkas), officially First Belarusian Infantry Regiment (Lithuanian: Pirmasis baltgudžių pėstininkų pulkas), commanded by Alaksandar Ružancoŭ, was a Belarusian unit formed mainly from Grodno's inhabitants in 1919 within the Lithuanian Armed Forces, which also participated in supporting the Independence of Lithuania during the Lithuanian Wars of Independence, therefore many members of this unit were awarded with the highest state award of Lithuania – Order of the Cross of Vytis.[2][1]

  1. ^ a b Lukoševičius, Ernestas (25 March 2016). "Baltarusių karžygiai – Lietuvos laisvės ir nepriklausomybės kariai". Alkas.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ Surgailis 2020, p. 13-74.