WMaksim Antanavich Antoniuk was a Belarusian military general, a World War II Army commander and a politician.
WSergey Antonovich Bobruk was a Belarusian Soviet Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
WVincent Hadleŭski was a Belarusian Roman Catholic priest, publicist and politician. During World War II he was arrested by the German police on December 24, 1942 and executed in Maly Trostenets extermination camp.
WKandrat Krapiva was a Belarusian writer, playwright, social activist, and literary critic. He was the winner of two Stalin Prizes in 1941 and 1951 and winner of the USSR State Prize in 1971. From 1950 he was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Belorussian SSR. He was a writer for the magazine, "Połymia".
WIlya Pavlovich Mazuruk was a pilot, polar explorer, and Hero of the Soviet Union.
WFyodor Afanasyevich Ostashenko was a Belarusian Soviet Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
WPiotr Skuratowicz was a Polish military commander and a General of the Polish Army. A renowned cavalryman, he was arrested by the NKVD and murdered in the Katyn massacre.
WYakov Grigoryevich Taubin was a Belorussian Soviet weapons designer. He is best known for creating the first successful automatic grenade launcher. He also designed a prototype gun for the Ilyushin Il-2 Stormovik, but rather than accepting his design, Soviet authorities executed him.