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Photo: Radio Liberty
Photo: Radio Liberty
It is part of the architectural complex of the House of the Government and has a cultural and historic value.
27 August was marked as Belarus' Independence Day until mid-1990s.
Authorities react to the public and media frenzy over the destruction of grave stones at the Military Cemetery in central Minsk.
The public insists the head of Minsk City Executive Committee is delaying the installation of the memory plate for no reason.
Workers discovered Jewish grave stones at a Minsk metro construction site in the center of Belarusian capital city.
Castle Mountain in Vilnius. Photo: svaboda.org
Castle Mountain in Vilnius. Photo: svaboda.org
The official Minsk has shown no interest in the remains of the 1863 Uprising participants found near Gedimin's Tower in Vilnius.
Photo: Aliaksandr Dudko / Viber
Photo: Aliaksandr Dudko / Viber
The monument was erected at the Tadeusz Kosciuszko memorial near the Kosava Castle in western Belarus.
Magdalena Radziwill. Photo from Hleb Labadzienka's archive.​
Magdalena Radziwill. Photo from Hleb Labadzienka's archive.​
The patroness of the Belarusian renaissance will be laid to rest in the Holy Trinity Church in Minsk on 17 February.
Alyaksandr Radzkou and Natallya Kachanava. Photo: nn.by
Alyaksandr Radzkou and Natallya Kachanava. Photo: nn.by
The Presidential Administration head says the authorities are ready to celebrate but not at 'uncivilized rallies.'