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Flowers laid at memorial in Peoples' Friendship park Today, at the 32 nd anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, Minsk hosted commemorative rally dedicated to the tragic event. The participants visited the Peoples' Friendship park and laid flowers at the memorial. Liquidators of Chernobyl disaster, those who suffered from the consequences of the accident, as well as schoolchildren, and government officials hold a minute of silence in honor of the victims of Chernobyl.

The event in world history, which affected several countries and radically changed the lives of millions of people The event in world history, which affected several countries and radically changed the lives of millions of people. Today is the 32 nd anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Belarus was most affected by the consequences of the largest man-made disaster. 23% of the country's territory was affected by radioactive contamination. Three decades later, due to the decay of radioactive cesium...

700 Righteous Among Nations in Belarus The descendants of the Belarusians, who risked their lives to saved Jews during the Great Patriotic War, were awarded diplomas and medals of the Righteous Among the Nations. This year two citizens of Belarus were heralded with the honorific. The Ambassador of Israel handed the medals to their grandsons and great-grandsons by. In total, there are more than 700 people in Belarus who have been awarded the title of the Righteous Among the Nations. By the number...

Lukashenko: Belarusians will always remember appalling tragedy of Khatyn Today Belarus pays tribute to the memory of the residents of Khatyn village that was burnt by the Nazis during World War II. A total of 149 people died in the fire on 22 March, 1943. President Alexander Lukashenko has addressed the Belarusian people on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Khatyn tragedy. «Remembering Khatyn», we think about thousands of brutally destroyed villages. Mourning the victims of these terrible...

Over 1941-1944 more than 9000 villages burnt down in Belarus This week Belarus recalls the tragedy of Khatyn. 75 years ago, on March 22, 1943, the Nazis burnt the village together with its inhabitants. The Press House in Minsk hosted a meeting of historians, archivists, journalists and representatives of public organizations, where some new figures were voiced: according to the documents from the National Archive of Belarus and the KGB archive, from 1941 to 1944 on the territory of our country...

Today Belarus recalls the events that took place 76 years ago Today Belarus recalls the events that took place 76 years ago. On June 22, 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union and the Great Patriotic War began. The Brest Fortress was the first to face the enemy. Today, at dawn, those events were reenacted in the citadel. Thousands of Brest residents and tourists, including delegations from Russia, Ukraine and Slovakia, watched the re-enactment of the battle on the territory of the Kobrin fortification...

31 years ago the most terrible catastrophe occurred in the history of nuclear energy 31 years ago the most terrible catastrophe occurred in the history of nuclear energy. The President of Belarus will take part in the events timed to Chernobyl disaster day. Alexander Lukashenko together with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko will visit the nuclear power plant and the nearest objects, paying the main attention to the work on maintaining radiation safety, and will pay tribute to the liquidators...

150 thousand people killed in Trostenets, Belarus, in war time Today is the International Day of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps. The day before, an improvement campaign was held in Trostenets. Representatives of the Orthodox Church, administration of the Minsk region and young people gathered here. Trostenets became a symbol of the innocent victims of fascism, as during the WWII it was the place of mass killing of concentration camps prisoners. About 150 thousand people were killed...