70th anniversary of the Great Victory

Rapota: Interest in Great Patriotic War does not weaken
State Secretary of the Union State Grigory Rapota said at the Minsk-Moscow video conference “70 Years of Peace: Lessons of the War and the History of the Common Victory”...

Interactive exhibition of dialogues warstory.by opens in Brest
The visitors to the exhibition can see the authentic documents, the photos telling about the events of the Great Patriotic War, and also hear the voices of eyewitnesses to the events...

Unique war photos to go on show at CIS Executive Committee
The photo exhibition The Last World War: Remembering for the Sake of Peace to mark the 70th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War and the end of the Second World War will open on 3 September...

Victory Bell consecrated at festival of Orthodox youth of Minsk Eparchy
The Third Festival of Orthodox Youth of the Minsk Eparchy dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War was held in the town of Volozhin, Minsk Oblast...

Memorial slab for civilians killed by Nazis unveiled in Volozhin
The memorial slab was installed to pay tribute to 107 residents of Volozhin who were killed by the Nazis in 1941-1942. The burial place was discovered last autumn during the residential housing construction...

Lukashenko: Soviet people played crucial role in saving world from Nazism
“We and our descendants must always remember that Soviet people played a crucial role in saving the mankind from Nazism! It is the Soviet Union, including Belarus, that put the biggest sacrifice on the altar of the victory”...

Wreath on behalf of Belarus Embassy laid at Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow
The ceremony was dedicated to the 71st anniversary of Belarus’ liberation from the Nazi invaders and to the Independence Day of Belarus...

Armenian memorial cross unveiled in Belarusian Brest
It was made by Armenian craftsmen, delivered to Belarus by air, and placed in the Brest street named after Brest Fortress defenders next to the sign erected in memory of the soldiers from the Russian city of Ryazan...

Gomel to celebrate Belarus Independence Day with patriotic event
The event will be held at the monument to the Komsomol members of Gomel Oblast who were killed during the Great Patriotic War. All citizens are invited to come and bring a paper stork, a symbol of Belarus, peace and prosperity...

Belarus’ contribution to victory in World War II praised
“Belarus is a heroic nation. Here, in Latin America, people know little about World War II, about the role of Soviet republics in achieving the victory over fascism"...