Delegations of war veterans from Russia and Ukraine will take part in the ceremonial events on July 3 in Orsha

June 22, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Festive events dedicated to City Day and Independence Day will start in Orsha on June 24, the department of ideological work of the Orsha City Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. Street festivals named after Heroes of the Soviet Union, numerous sports competitions, concerts and evenings, exhibitions of artists and folk craftsmen await the residents of Orsha and guests. On June 26, the city will host participants of the international youth memorial relay race "Along the Footsteps of Operation Bagration". Orsha Day, which is celebrated on June 27, will begin with the raising of the city flag near the mayor's office, where young people will be admitted to the ranks of pioneers and members of the BRSM. In the city park, the "Orsha is my favorite city" campaign and a sports and entertainment program will be organized for the youth. The Orsha Art-Arbat will be set up on the square near the Jesuit Collegium. At the city castle, after a prayer service in glory of Orsha, lovers of spectacular shows will be treated to a theatrical performance "Legends of the Gray Dnieper". Fans of an active lifestyle will be able to take part in the city championship in kayaking. And in the evening, the festive lights will again ignite near the collegium, at the walls of which a fashion show, performances by numerous amateur art groups, a concert by Alexander Solodukha and a youth disco will take place. July 3 will be no less eventful. The program includes a festive rally and procession with the participation of veterans and townspeople, demonstration performances by the city aeroclub, concert programs "Voices of my Homeland", "Bloom, Belarus, a source of beauty!", "We paid for this peace in battles" with the participation of creative groups from the Vitebsk region, artists of the Belarusian stage, and other events. Delegations of veterans of the Great Patriotic War from Russia and Ukraine, who arrived the day before, will take part in the celebration. Honored guests who took part in the liberation of Orsha will visit school museums where the memory of the military units and divisions in which they fought is immortalized. They will also meet with children resting in summer camps and veterans of the Great Patriotic War from Orsha. The festive atmosphere will continue in Orsha in the following days: on July 4-5, sports tournaments in kettlebell lifting, arm wrestling, streetball, beach volleyball, mini-football, tennis, as well as the International Freestyle Wrestling Competition for the prizes of S. Kitaev will be held here. -0-