The inhabitants of Turov throughout their centuries-old history have felt the heavy burden of war: 1158, 1161, 1246, 1648, 1649, etc. On those dates, the city was destroyed several times, after which it was never fully restored. On July 14, 1941, Turov was occupied by Nazi invaders. From October 1941 to November 1942, the Turov underground Komsomol Youth organization operated. The city was liberated on July 5, 1944; many soldiers of the 23rd Infantry Division of the 61st Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, as well as sailors of the Dnieper Flotilla, died in the battles for Turov. 146 servicemen were buried in a mass grave in the center of Turov. Today, the mass grave is a testimony to the courage and heroism of Soviet soldiers, an object of historical and cultural heritage of Belarus.
