8 May 2026
12
Cultural hub on the front line: field theater, cinema, and casino near Kreva during World War I
During the First World War, in the village of Babry, to support morale, German soldiers and officers created a unique leisure infrastructure: from a luxurious casino to a field theater, on the stage of which works by future Hollywood stars were performed.
3 Mar 2024
12
Candlesticks from cartridges and a chandelier from barbed wire. What the dugout temple at the positions near Kreva was like
In the magazine "Iskry" on December 25, 1916, an article about a mysterious dugout temple was published. It is known that it is about an object on the territory of the Ashmyany district, and, as it turned out - near Kreva.
21 Nov 2022
12
Fraternizations of Russians with Germans: frontline stories from Kreva and its surroundings
Fraternizations of soldiers of the Russian army with the German military became widespread after the February Revolution. Most often, it all came down to meetings on neutral territory in order to exchange things of a soldier's life. Sometimes such meetings were used by enemy intelligence and propagandists.