Participants of the Vitebsk regional military-sports game "Zarnitsa" will demonstrate their military skills

May 19, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Participants of the IX Vitebsk Regional Military-Sports Game "Zarnitsa" will have to demonstrate their military skills. The event, organized at the Vitebsk Aeroclub named after A.K. Gorovets, will take place on May 21-22. Its participants will be 25 teams from all regions of the oblast, who won city and district competitions, the oblast committee of the BRSM informed a BELTA correspondent. For two days, the children will have to immerse themselves in real army life. They will face an obstacle course, contests for the best combat leaf "Zarnitsa Days", formations and songs, and a march-throw. Participants will also demonstrate their creative potential, first aid skills, and, during the quiz "Pages of the History of the Fatherland," their knowledge of the history of Belarus as a whole and the period of the Great Patriotic War in particular. The awards ceremony for the winners of the competition will be held on May 22. The game is held to popularize military service and prevent juvenile delinquency. Its organizers are the oblast committee of the BRSM, the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee, DOSAAF, the Vitebsk Regional Educational and Methodological Center for Physical Education of the Population, and the Vitebsk Aeroclub named after A.K. Gorovets.-0-