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Category: Sharing Document
Approval Date: 10/18/2026 5:24 PM
Family Surname:
Country: Russia
Town: Belarus
Date of Image: WW II

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This is now part of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

Response

6/18/2009

Last 4 letters at the arch are "BSSR". It means Belarus Soviet Socialistic Republic. So the place is somewhere in Belarus.

6/26/2009

Hello,
I cannot tell you the city or town name, but it looks like it is somewhere in Belorussia (Belorus). The letters on the building say UK BSSR. I am not sure what UK means (it could be the end of the word before BSSR), but BSSR means Belorus Soviet Socialist Repablic.

7/16/2009

Hello Bruce,

The letters appears to be Russian, so one can assume that this was somewhere within the Soviet Union.

For some reason, both the outfit of the woman and what appears to be a bridge or facade look more modern than WW2....Jo

7/21/2009

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The letters on the bridge-like structure are in the Cyrillic alphabet and translate to UK and BSSR: most likely referring to Ukraine and Belorussia. Hope these will lead you to more clues.

Maruschia Mackey

8/9/2009

.... BSSR - Soviet Socialist Republic of Belorussia

10/19/2026 2:41 AM

So, what's your question?

"uk" is the rest of "навук" = of sciences
Акадэмія навук БССР = the name of the academy from 1936-1991, Minsk, capital of the former BSSR.

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Submitted by Bruce Sadler