Alexander Subbotin: "The memory of the Great Patriotic War has no statute of limitations"
June 22, 1941, is one of the most tragic dates in the history of Belarus. On this day, the bloodiest war in human history began, which lasted 1418 days.
In Vitebsk, participants joined the all-Belarusian minute of silence and held a mourning rally with the laying of wreaths on Uspenskaya Hill in the Square of Heroes of 1812, where 16 Soviet soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War are buried. The leadership of the region and the city, veterans, youth, representatives of public organizations, labor collectives, and clergy gathered there.
— The memory of the Great Patriotic War has no statute of limitations — our grandfathers and great-grandfathers paid too high a price in the struggle for the independence and freedom of the Motherland," said the Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Subbotin. — From the first days of the battles, the enemy met with powerful popular resistance. This helped to significantly reduce the enemy's advance pace and inflict significant damage on him. The people did not lose faith in Victory and ultimately did not surrender to the enemy. Vitebsk region lost every third resident. We have over 1.5 thousand burials from those times, where more than 400 thousand defenders of the Fatherland rest. Such memorials are needed primarily for the youth and future generations, so that they remember the price their ancestors had to pay for a peaceful sky overhead. The war claimed millions of lives, crippled the destinies of many Belarusians, and devastated our land. At the same time, the trials tempered our people, their character. The years of trials have developed in people a heightened sense of responsibility for peace and order.
