Every year, June 22 in Belarus marks the anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. On the eve of this day, Trostenets memorial complex near Minsk holds a requiem meeting. With tens of millions of lives, the Soviet people liberated their homeland and the whole of Europe fr...
The Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus declared the 2022 the Year of Historical Memory. In this connection it is important to sum up some of the results of the passing year and identify trends characteristic of both the Belarusian memory policy and the memory policy of n...
On the eve of the next anniversary of the end of World War II, descendents of the winning countries again emphasize the need to protect the historical truth and resist the distortion of its outcomes. This is the issue of close attention not only in the West, but also in the East. The As...
Today, the issue of the historical past interpretation is not just important, it has acquired a new dimension. Under the existing political turbulence, historical coincidences are being sought for contemporary developments in more liberal, sometimes even irresponsible, way. Spatio-tempo...
Memory of the victory
On July 3 we celebrate the most important date for each of us - the Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus. On this day in 1944 the capital of the country was liberated from the Nazi invaders. The liberated Minsk symbolized the beginning of a peaceful life an...
