State Holiday

Beauty Run on 8 March 2019 in Minsk / Euroradio
Beauty Run on 8 March 2019 in Minsk / Euroradio
Nearly 5000 women ran in central Minsk to mark Women's Day.
27 August was marked as Belarus' Independence Day until mid-1990s.
Female soldiers have taken part in the July 3 march for the first time ever.
Photo: BELTA
Photo: BELTA
The Honorable Guards accompanied the celebrations in Minsk to mark 100 years since the 1917 October Revolution.
 Photo: szlachta.io.ua
 Photo: szlachta.io.ua
Lukashenka moved the Independence Day from July 27 to July 3 in 1996 but the opposition gathered on July 27 a year later.
Independence Day in 1990s. Photo: charter97.org
Independence Day in 1990s. Photo: charter97.org
Belarus marked Independence Day on 27 July until 1996 when President Lukashenka initiated the shift to 3 July.
Fair World party activists reported the incident to the police when they came to lay flowers to the October revolution leader.
This should not be a national holiday. It is meant for a certain political grouping, LDP says in a statement.
The monument will be moved from the territory of the plant.