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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Borisov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | During World War II, Borisov was again occupied by Germans from July 2, 1941, to July 1, 1944, and most of the city was destroyed and impoverished again. |
 | | After the war Borisov became a major industrial center, and as of 2002 there are 41 large factories, whose goods are well-known across Russia, the CIS and abroad. |
 | | He examined photocopies of a 1984 military ID card, a 1999 ID showing Borisov is a disabled veteran and a 1988 certificate honoring Borisov for his service in Afghanistan that Revival Fires said was personally presented to the general by then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. |
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