Belarus' first anti-communist protest held in Minsk 20 year ago

Euroradio
30/10/2008 - 12:27
Society
October 30 is the 20th anniversary of the first mass anti-Communist demonstration in Belarus. 
In 1988, thousands of residents led by activists of the Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) marched through Minsk to a woody place where Josef Stalin's secret police had executed thousands in 1930s.

 

Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. Also for the first time in Belarus after World War II, BPF activists carried white-red-white flags outlawed by the Soviet authorities, says BelaPAN.


Latest news
more news

Top stories

Готовятся ли Сувалки к войне с Россией

If war comes tomorrow, here Russia can attack NATO - report from Suwalki

Ужо сёлета пра свой сыход з Беларусі заявілі некалькі IT-кампаній

Belarusian IT sector loses 23K people in two years

Міліцыя заклапочана тым, якія думкі нараджаюцца ў галовах людзей (ілюстрацыйнае фота)

Belarusian police expect next revolution to come from TikTok

Паглядзелі заробкі беларусаў

How much are Belarusians paid?

Editor's choice

Belarusian woman shot a photo for Vogue website / Collage by Ulad Rubanau, Euroradio

Photo by Belarusian photographer gets selected by Vogue. But joy ends here

Oil in Belarus / Photo by Ulad Rubanau, Euroradio

Lukashenka keeps asking Belarusian geologists to find oil. And they do

Volunteers in peacetime / @rubanau_collage

How to help volunteers after the war

Belarusian politics through the eyes of "Big Brother" / @rubanau_collage

How 'Russian Wikipedia' rewrites the past and present of Belarus

Карлюкевіч: Змены ў закон аб СМІ запатрабаваныя беларускім грамадствам

How Europe's main gay pride march was held in Belgrade

Reports

Recognize a celebrity! Belarusian stars' photos "then" and "now"

Become a journalist!Report topic!

Support usDonate

Фота
Фота
Фота
Фота
Фота
Фота
Фота
Global Affairs Canada
Фота
Фота
Фота
Фота
Фота