Topic: History
Today is Belarusian Military Glory Day
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11:23, — History
On September 8 Belarus celebrates one of its most important and legendary holidays, the Day of Belarusian Military Glory.
19 years ago Belarus’ independence became a law (Photo)
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12:29, — History
Today the 18th anniversary of statutory expression of Belarusian independence is celebrated.
600th anniversary of Grunwald victory
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11:25, — History
Dwellers of Polatsk and Mstislau went to the battle of Grunwald, but it was the Belarusians who came out of the battle.
Freedom March held in Belarus 10 years ago (Photo)
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16:53, — History
The Freedom March, one of the largest and most significant rallies of the Belarusian opposition, marks its 10th anniversary on October 17.
They won. We will win, too (Photo)
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15:48, — History
Europe celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Peace of Riga for Belarus is the same as the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact for Poland
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12:01, — History
Today is the 70th anniversary of the so called “liberation march” of the Red Army to West Belarus.
Vinstuk Vyachorka: “The House of Romanov must repent for 145 years of colonial oppression”
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13:30, — History
The deputy leader of the Belarusian Popular Front party Vintsuk Vyachorka comments on the visit of a claimant to the Headship of the Imperial Family of Russia, Duchess Maria Romanova to Homel.
Today is Slutsk uprising Day
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10:32, — History
On November 27, 1920 military action against the Bolsheviks, who attacked from the East, started.
Khatyn Truth film disproves official version of tragedy
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9:13, — History
Khatyn Truth is a 35-minute documentary film, first run yesterday in Minsk. It shows the tragedy of Khatyn village (Lahoisk district), burnt with all its dwellers on 22 March 1943.
20 years ago world learnt about mass executions in Belarusian Kurapaty
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14:10, — History
On 3 June 1988 the Belarusians learnt the truth about Stalin’s repressions in the country through an article “Kurapaty –the Road of Death” in “Litaratura i Mastatstva” newspaper, written by Zyanon Paznyak and Yauhen Shmyhalou. This article also provoked one of the first mass protest action in the USSR – people came to Kurapaty on Dzyady (the day of commemoration of the dead).
Unique site about victims of Stalin’s repressions on Belarusian Internet
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14:50, — History
Writer Leanid Marakou created a site dedicated to the Belarusians, killed and tortured in NKVD (Main Directorate for State Security) prisons during Stalin’s repressions. The site contains biographies of 14 thousand of countrypeople.
