1915, Hrodna. View of the city centre with a pontoon bridge across the Nioman, built by German sappers; on the left are the Old Castle, the fire depot tower, the New Castle, the Nativity of the Mother of God Convent, and behind it the Vitaŭt Parish Church, rebuilt into St Sophia Cathedral; on the right is the Church of St Francis Xavier (the castles, the depot tower, the Nativity convent, and the Church of St Francis Xavier have survived; the Vitaŭt Parish Church was demolished in 1961). Provided by Mikalaj Hrabionkin.
1915, Hrodna. View of the city centre with a pontoon bridge across the Nioman, built by German sappers; on the left are the Old Castle, the fire depot tower, the New Castle, the Nativity of the Mother of God Convent, and behind it the Vitaŭt Parish Church, rebuilt into St Sophia Cathedral; on the right is the Church of St Francis Xavier (the castles, the depot tower, the Nativity convent, and the Church of St Francis Xavier have survived; the Vitaŭt Parish Church was demolished in 1961). Provided by Mikalaj Hrabionkin.