HISTORICAL MEMORY
Mezentsev: we treat heroic deeds of partisans with great respect and honours
The new book – Operation Bagration. Partisans of the Belarusian Land... – has been presented today at the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History during the round table discussion. The publication is timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of Belarus’ liberation from Nazi invaders. The book takes us back to the tragic past of our nations, giving answers to some pressing questions of today. Unique information is collected under the cover, and the publication was created in ...
02.07.2024Mezentsev , Belarus , Russia , Union State , historical memory , Great Patriotic War , Independence Day
Chairman of Belarus’ House of Representatives: we condemn fascism in all its manifestations by establishing new facts of genocide
On visiting the excavation site of a mass grave of genocide victims in the Uruchye forest area near Minsk today, the Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, Igor Sergeyenko, made a statement “By establishing new facts of the punishers’ atrocities committed on our land during the war, we condemn fascism in all its manifestations and bring information to the world community. It is also important that our people, especially the younger generation who have grown up in a ...
15.05.2024genocide , historical memory , sergeyenko , Shved
Belarus’ PM: Victory is not only pages in textbooks, but also lessons that must be applied in practice
Victory is not only pages in textbooks, but also lessons that must be applied in practice – as stated by Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko after the flower-laying ceremony at the T-34 monument in Ostroshitsky Gorodok. It was installed in honour of both the soldiers who defended the territories near the Belarusian capital in the first days of the war, and the soldiers of the 5th Guards Tank Army, who liberated the village, and then Minsk in July 1944. Thanks to brave soldiers, as well as local ...
08.05.2024Belarus , Golovchenko , historical memory , Victory Day
Belarus’ Prosecutor General: if it hadn’t been for victorious July 1944, Belarusians would have ceased to exist as ethnic group
On the eve of Great Victory Day, Belarus’ Prosecutor General Andrei Shved, together with his colleagues, took part in the nationwide campaign – Belarus Remembers. We Remember Everyone – laying flowers at the Military Cemetery in Minsk, where more than half a thousand underground workers, soldiers and officers of the Soviet Army who liberated the capital from the Nazi invaders are buried Speaking to journalists, Andrei Shved underlined that the Belarusian society understands that fascism and ...
08.05.2024Belarus , Shved , historical memory , Great Patriotic War
Kochanova: Belarusians should remember their history and lessons learnt from Great Patriotic War
Belarusians should remember their history well and the lessons that the nation learnt from the WWII tragic events – as noted by Natalya Kochanova, the Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly, at Minsk’s City Palace of Culture whish hosted today a wartime song contest – I, We Remember! – held among trade union cells of the Belarusian Women’s Union of the largest industrial enterprises “The songs of the war years brought up many generations of our citizens, and this ...
06.05.2024Kochanova , Council of the Republic , historical memory , Belarusian Women’s Union
Representative of Polish Embassy: Khatyn is great tragedy, we come to honour memory of all those who died
On March 22nd, the 81st anniversary of the Khatyn tragedy, the memorial complex commemorates the victims of the genocide and thousands of other Belarusian villages that were destroyed by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War. Some Europeans also recall those events. Representatives of Poland arrived in Khatyn. After the ceremony of laying flowers at the Eternal Flame in the Khatyn State Memorial Complex, the representative of the Polish Embassy, Krzysztof Ozhanna, shared his feelings with ...
22.03.2024Khatyn , historical memory , memory , Great Patriotic War
Belarus’ Prosecutor General at requiem rally in Ozarichi: no country has been ever exposed to such genocide
... to take special care of historical memory during these days, “Now it ...
19.03.2024Belarus , Shved , genocide , Ozarichi , historical memory
Mezentsev at Union State Youth Patriotic Forum: patriotism is special soul aspiration
... ideas and projects to preserve historical memory. Taking into account that our ... truth and the meaning of historical memory. This will be a conversation ...
06.02.2024Mezentsev , Belarus , Russia , historical memory , Union State , youth forum
Russian FM representative: most countries share our rejection of neo-Nazism
During the History for Future: Russia and Belarus forum held in Minsk last week, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commented on the recent scandal with an SS man in Canadian Parliament “We believe that it is never too late to repent for friendship with Nazi collaborators, xenophobes and extremists. It is only necessary to do this sincerely, even if 40 or 70 years have passed. It is questionable, whether we have any illusions about possible words of ...
16.10.2023historical memory , Zakharova , nazism
Guest from Warsaw: Polish authorities’ attempts to rewrite history should never yield result
Yaroslaw Augustina, from the Polish Society of WWII Veterans, has come to Belarus from Warsaw to attend an event dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Lenino The man follows Poland's attempts to forget military history with pain in his heart. “I feel very bad about it. It is impossible to divide the blood that was shed for a common victory in the east and in the west. From here, from Belarus, soldiers went to liberate Poland. The fraternity with Belarusians, Russians and Poles began ...
12.10.2023lenino , historical memory , poland
Mezentsev: Belarus-Russia shared past makes us stronger
The shared past of Belarus and Russia makes us stronger and convinces us that we have been walking together step by step for centuries, State Secretary of the Union State Dmitry Mezentsev told reporters before the start of the international forum – History for the Future: Russia and Belarus – underlining that this event will be a meaningful contribution to the enormous work carried out by the Russian and Belarusian sides to form a common view of our shared past “Of particular importance are the ...
12.10.2023Mezentsev , Russia , Belarus , historical memory , past
Historian explained how Poles treated Western Belarus residents
The Doctor of Historical Sciences, Dean of the History Department at the Belarusian State University, Professor Aleksandr Kokhanovsky, explained what the recently celebrated National Unity Day is historically based on “National Unity Day is a quite young holiday for Belarus, but it has already become a landmark date for a significant part of society,” Mr. Kokhanovsky said. “When the world's political forces are trying to divide us, we need a unifying force, and this holiday is among its ...
28.09.2023national unity day , historical memory , opinion
NOC President Viktor Lukashenko: it is necessary to honour memory of those killed so that the tragedy does not happen again
On June 22 nd , National Remembrance Day of Victims of the Great Patriotic War and the Genocide of Belarusian People, the President of Belarus’ National Olympic Committee, Viktor Lukashenko, and the NOC staff paid tribute and laid flowers at the Masyukovshchina memorial complex “Today is one of the most mournful and tragic days in the history of Belarus. More than 80 years ago, our soldiers, officers and civilians managed to withstand and survive in those conditions when the enemies tried to ...
22.06.2023historical memory , June 22nd , memory , noc
Opinion: it’s Belarus’ sacred duty to cherish the memory of Great Patriotic War victims
... , noted the importance of preserving historical memory in the name of a ...
21.06.2023Eismont , Great Patriotic War , victory , historical memory
Sergeyenko: recommendations on unified state policy in the field of historical memory needed
... State on the preservation of historical memory which he voiced in his ... President called the preservation of historical memory one of the conditions of ... instruction [on the preservation of historical memory] has been formulated for us ... policy in the field of historical memory and the organisation of work ... , 2022 – which was Year of Historical Memory. It includes humanities scientists, public ...
17.05.2023sergeyenko , historical memory
Syrian Ambassador: world must unite in the face of fascism so that the tragedy of Khatyn never happen again
Representatives of the diplomatic corps have taken part in today’s commemorative events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the tragedy in Khatyn The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Syria to Belarus, Mohammad al-Umrani, called the events in Khatyn a terrible tragedy. “We hope tragedies of the kind will never happen again. However, eighty years after the tragedy, we see that history is cyclical. Unfortunately, fascism is showing up again somewhere. We believe the world must unite ...
22.03.2023Belarus , syria , historical memory
Kochanova: Belarusian statehood approached moment of truth
... times when the Year of Historical Memory passed the baton to the ... held during the Year of Historical Memory. She expressed confidence that two ... lesson on Knowledge Day entitled Historical Memory is Road to the Future ...
25.01.2023kochanova , historical memory
Opinion: Belarusians remember lessons of the past and learn from their ancestors’ experience
... a split of society. Actually, historical memory creates an ideological basis for ...
14.01.2023historical memory , ideology , opinion , Danilovich
Moscow’s delegation of Historical Memory Preservation Foundation visited Belarus
Representatives of the Foundation of Historical Memory Preservation and Support of Patriotic ...
07.11.2022historical memory , Mogilev
Sergeyenko: Belarus is forming a generation of people who appreciate and understand their history
The Republican Council for Historical Policy has met today at the National Academy of Sciences – led by the Head of the Belarus’ President Administration, Igor Sergeyenko Speaking of the issues under consideration, Mr. Sergeyenko commented, “These include the issues of school historical education. Probably, one of the main tasks is that the teaching of history should have two functions: educational and disciplinary. By studying certain stages of our past, getting acquainted and delving deeply, ...
26.10.2022sergeyenko , historical memory
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