90.9% of Belarusians proud to be citizens of their country

More than 90 percent of Belarusians are proud to be citizens of their country – as Associate Professor Nikolai Myslivets, Director of the Sociology Institute at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Candidate of Sociological Sciences, told the sb.by portal

He added that 86.6 percent of respondents noted that they consider themselves patriots of Belarus.

“This is testified by the results of a telephone survey conducted by the Sociology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in March-April 2022, interviewing 1,001 respondents countrywide and using a representative nationwide sample. 48.6 percent of respondents believe that the Great Patriotic War monuments belong to Belarus’ main national symbols; 47.5 percent of those polled say that these are state symbols; 39.5 percent consider sites of historical and cultural heritage to be the main symbols of our country; 38.6 percent say that these are Belarusian language and literature; and 36.4 percent view folk symbols – such as the stork, the bison, and the cornflower – as Belarus’ main symbols.”

According to Mr. Myslivets, such a distribution of opinions should be considered as one of the most important results of a large-scale, complex and extremely responsible work to preserve historical memory and traditional values in society, to form a sense of responsibility among citizens of the country for its past, present and future.