HISTORY



Japanese photographer published new footage of collapse of WTC twin towers in US after 23 years

Japanese photographer Kei Sugimoto has posted a new video on YouTube of the collapse of the World Trade Centre (WTC) towers in the United States on September 11th, 2001, TASS reports Video screenshot Kei Sugimoto shot footage of the twin towers falling from the roof of 64 St. Marks Place in New York City. The photographer stressed that this is only for historical archival purposes. The published video lasts 6 minutes and 16 seconds.

26.07.2024
US , terrorism , history , WTC towers , photo

‘Ten years of negotiations are better than one day of war’

... his memoirs, thoroughly analysed the history of his native places, focusing ...

24.07.2024
USSR , Andrei Gromyko , Minister of Foreign Affairs , Byelorussian , anniversary , legendary , diplomat , memory , history

Facets of heroism and glory

... marks the 70th anniversary: the history behind the creation of the ...

11.07.2024
Belarus , Minsk , Victory Square , Victory Monument , anniversary , memory , history , architecture , heroism , glory

‘The winners bequeathed to us to live and build a future for new generations. We will not let them down’

... have only one teacher — our history of winners. Therefore, today we ...

09.07.2024
Belarus , Lukashenko , President , Independence Day , July 3rd , memory , history , parade , celebrations , sovereignty

Unifying power of truth

... days, we should remember that history is the backbone of ideology ... politics. At the same time, history serves as a powerful means ... of this day in the history of Belarus and its people ... all those who remember the history of their country, who with ...

03.07.2024
Belarus , Independence Day , July 3rd , statehood , history , memory , patriotism , liberation , sovereignty

Legends of courage

... , 1941. It went down in history as the Lepel Counterattack. About ...

27.06.2024
Belarus , Brest Fortress , Soviet Union , Nazi , Germany , Great Patriotic War , heroes , courage , history

Major General Kasinsky: history and historical truth became battlefield where we have no right to lose

Today, history and historical truth represent a ... : www.vayar.mil.by “Today, history and historical truth represent a ...

26.06.2024
Belarus , Defence Ministry , Kasinky , history

3,300-year-old sunken ship found off Israeli coast

The wreckage of a 3,300-year-old ship with a cargo of hundreds of intact amphorae was discovered during exploration work off the coast of Israel, TASS reports Photo: www.freepik.com It is noted that this is the oldest ship ever found in deep water. It was discovered by chance during a research of the seabed by oil and gas producer Energean, a company focused on developing resources in the Mediterranean Sea. The remains of the ancient vessel were located at a depth of 1.8km, 90km off the ...

21.06.2024
ship , israel , history

Expert on how Western countries rewriting WWII history

The history of World War II is ... largest land operation in the history of wars. The Wehrmacht's ... Western states are now presenting history to their citizens in such ...

18.06.2024
history , Great Patriotic War , second world war , europe , belarus , germany , ussr

Well-preserved murals found in millennia-old Chinese tomb

Well-preserved murals depicting scenes from day-to-day life have been found in a Tang Dynasty (618-907) tomb excavated in Taiyuan, capital city of north China's Shanxi Province, Xinhua reports The single-chamber brick tomb, unearthed in 2018 during road construction, belonged to a man who died at 63 in the year 736. The Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology has recently provided details about the discoveries related to the tomb. The gates, corridor, ceiling, walls and coffin pedestal were ...

12.06.2024
china , murals , history

Let’s go on a festival spree in Belarus

Historical, musical and ethnic festivals abundant around Belarus in the summertime are conducive to spending a lot of time outdoors Aleksey Bibikov Bringing together those who are far and near The 14th Republican Festival of National Cultures 2024, Grodn o BELTA All people are brothers — you can readily believe that this statement is true at the Festival of National Cultures in Grodno. The vibrant holiday, which is always eagerly anticipated by city residents, traditionally gathered a lot of ...

12.06.2024
Belarus , Grodno , Luninets , Nesvizh , Belovezhskaya Pushcha , Bobruisk , festival , national , culture , history , Bolshoi Theatre , rock , concert

Architectural pearls of Belarus

... Castle, Grodno Aleksandr Kushner The history of the Old Castle in ...

06.06.2024
Belarus , tourism , Ruzhany , Kossovo , Golshany , Bulgakov , palace , castle , architecture , history

Secrets of cities’ coats of arms

Seemingly innocent animals placed on coats of arms actually hide the centuries-old secrets of Belarusian cities. In order to unravel unconventional mysteries, it is necessary to set out on a journey across the country. Distinguish between grey and red Coat of arms of Mstislavl If you ask the residents of Mstislavl [city in the east of Belarus] what animal is portrayed on their city’s coat of arms, some will say it is a wolf while others will argue it is a fox. One thing can be said for sure — ...

24.05.2024
Belarus , cities , coat of arms , history , culture , symbols , Gomel , Grodno , Smorgon , Mstislavl

Expert: today Americans spend $1.5bn a day to create fake news

... -Chief of the Russia – My History project photo: www.pixabay.com ... of them is ignorance of history. Manipulating facts, dates, and everything ...

15.05.2024
US , history , fakes , information , propaganda

Historian on uniqueness of Belarusian People's Congress as democratic institution of power

... them in the republic’s history," Mr. Danilovich noted ...

17.04.2024
history , Belarusian People’s Congress , Danilovich , opinion

Prosecutor General on genocide of Belarusians during WWII: every day fascists killed and tortured people

... has not known in its history so many places where people ... we are fighting for our history, fighting for justice, so that ... about those terrible periods of history, about the exploits of those ...

11.04.2024
prosecutor general , Shved , genocide , history , great patriotic war , memory

This is how the history gets closer

Local history enthusiast from Narovlya Vasily ... museums contain the entire complex history of the district — from ... Philologist with a passion for history He left the village, but ... Pedagogical University did not teach history separately. After studies, Vasily ... passion of his life — local history. “The process used to be ... organised a museum of the history of the Narovlya District, a ... will not stop studying the history of his small homeland and ... have one goal — to preserve history, to make sure that our ...

10.04.2024
Belarus , history , museum , Narovlya , Vasily Chaika , memory

Legends of antiquity

... , senior researcher at the Lida History and Art Museum, notes. The ... nothing to do with the history of the castle itself; the ...

01.02.2024
Belarus , history , Lida Castle , culture , tourism

Lukashenko: we will preserve our civilisation

Speaking at today’s performance-concert in St. Petersburg dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi siege, Belarus’ President Aleksandr Lukashenko pointed to the dangerous trends in assessing the Great Patriotic War results, BelTA reports Photo: www.belta.by Speaking before the start of the concert, the President made a small digression from the prepared theses, and – following it – all those present at Gazprom Arena which hosted the event gave a ...

27.01.2024
Lukashenko , history , memory , Great Patriotic War

Lukashenko: both Belarus and Russia are open to any friendly steps towards

... most brutal war in the history of mankind,” added Aleksandr Lukashenko ...

27.01.2024
Lukashenko , Russia , memory , Great Patriotic War , history

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