Alexandr Lukashenko at the parade to mark Belarus’ Independence Day
Memory of those, who fought during the Great Patriotic War, is part of the national self-awareness of Belarusians. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the relevant statement during the parade held on 3 July in honor of Independence Day and the 75th anniversary of Belarus’ liberation from the Nazi invaders.
Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that today Belarus solemnly celebrates the key state holiday – Independence Day. The president remarked that this day restored peace to the land tormented by the Nazi occupation backin 1944. This day demonstrated the enduring force of the Soviet people, of the Belarusians, who fought for their freedom to the death.
“The final battles for the capital city of our motherland – Minsk – thundered here exactly 75 years ago. It was a victory over death itself. It was a triumph of unity and the force of the spirit of the great generation of warriors-liberators,” the head of state said. “Today we once again recall all, who heroically stopped the aggressor’s strike. This memory is part of our national self-awareness.”
He reminded that Belarus was the first to feel the blow of the invaders. Belarus became the human shield standing in their way. Not a single patch of native land was given up without a fight. The enemy faced resistance from the first minutes of the war. Although Belarus was destroyed and occupied, it remained unconquered, the head of state pointed out.
