Gai. Memorial to the Soldiers of the Militia Battalion.

For the defense of Mogilev, a people's militia regiment was created, which included three battalions. The second one was purely police. Konstantin Vladimirov, head of the combat training department, was appointed its commander, Kuzma Chernov, a teacher at the Minsk School of Militia, was appointed commissar, and Vasily Gorbachev, a teacher, was appointed chief of staff. The battalion consisted of approximately 250 soldiers. They included employees of the Mogilev regional police Department and cadets of the NKVD-NGB school, cadets of the school and teachers of the Minsk School of Militia and the Grodno School of Militia. They had to defend Mogilev, despite the fact that some of the nearby towns were already occupied by the Nazis.

The fighting began on July 12, 1941. Having failed on the approaches to Mogilev (the Nazis lost 39 tanks here), the enemies decided to capture the Mogilev railway junction from the north side. On July 12, a militia battalion was withdrawn from the city and occupied a line at an unnamed height (now Vladimirov Height), covering the railway junction from Shklov.

In the battle on July 13, the police captured the first trophies.: heavy machine gun, machine guns, grenades. They fought heroically for several days, preventing the enemy from reaching the railway junction. Even the wounded policemen and the seriously wounded commissar Chernov continued the battle. A militia battalion led by Vladimirov held the defense until July 17.

From the report of Battalion Commander Vladimirov, it is known that the battalion repelled six attacks by superior enemy forces, up to 400 Nazis were killed, and 30 were captured. The losses of the militia battalion amounted to 118 soldiers killed, of the survivors, one in two was wounded. Vladimirov informed that the battalion could hold out for another 10-12 hours and asked for help. The Fascists attacked in the morning. July 18, 1941, was the last day for the militia battalion. The wounded Captain Vladimirov raised his fighters to counterattack. The battle was short, but for a long time the enemy did not dare to take the height, on the slopes of which lay militiamen in blue uniforms. Only on June 21, the fascists declared their victory and, under threat of death, local residents were forbidden to bury the dead policemen.

From July 13 to July 18, 1941, for 6 days, a hastily formed and poorly armed militia battalion fought under incessant artillery shelling and bombing by Nazi aircraft, repelling attacks supported by German infantry tanks. Of the 250 militia soldiers, only 19 remained alive. Konstantin Grigorievich Vladimirov was posthumously awarded the Order of Lenin for his courage and bravery, and one of the streets of Mogilev is named after him. The memorial was built on the site of the last battle of the brave militiamen. The monument is the epitome of the mass heroism of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War.

On March 1, 2017, an Alley in memory of the soldiers of the militia battalion of Captain Konstantin Vladimirov was inaugurated in the village of Gai near the memorial. Steles with initials, years of life, and photographs of most of the militiamen were erected in honor of each of the fallen soldiers of the legendary black granite battalion.