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Concert commemorating war victims in Brest Fortress

BREST, 22 June (BelTA) – A commemorative concert "Four years of a long journey..." dedicated to the Day of National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War and the Genocide of the Belarusian people began in the Brest Fortress memorial on 22 June. The event was attended by Head of the Belarus President Administration Dmitry Krutoi, BelTA has learned.

22 June is a special day for Brest. Many citizens consider it their duty to come to the Brest Fortress at night to honor the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and the victims of the Great Patriotic War, everyone who fought for peace and liberation from fascism. Today Brest residents were joined by people who came from different parts of Belarus and from abroad. More than 30 official delegations arrived in the regional center.

On the Ceremonial Square at 2.00 in the morning began a commemorative concert "Four years of a long journey..." Dmitry Krutoi read out the address of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko.
The musical and theatrical performance in the Brest Fortress featured Belarusian and Russian artists.

The event will wrap up with a ceremony to lay flowers to the Eternal Fire to honor the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland. Then the Kobrin fortification of the Brest Fortress will host a military-historical re-enactment of key episodes of the defense of the citadel over the Bug. 

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