Days of remembrance of the Rositsa martyrs and the "Osvia tragedy" will be held in the Verkhnedvinsk district

February 1943 is a time of particular pain for the residents of the region. Today, numerous monuments to burned villages and their inhabitants serve as a reminder of the "Osvia Tragedy."

The church in Rositsa also remembers those terrible days, under its vaults people gathered from surrounding settlements awaited their fate. The priests voluntarily followed those who were destined for the fire… The Day of Remembrance of the Rositsa Saints Yuri and Antony, which will be attended by pilgrims not only from Belarus but also from foreign countries, will be held on February 16. The district information day, which will take place in educational institutions, enterprises, and organizations, will be dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the "Osvia Tragedy."

The Verkhnedvinsk land suffered the most during the punitive expedition, and it also sheltered partisan brigades from Belarus, Russia, and Latvia in its forests, who fought together for victory. Pyotr Masherov was the commissar of one of them. During the anniversary of the famous countryman, employees of the ideological aktiv of Verkhnedvinsk, representatives of culture and education visited the museum of military brotherhood in Rossony and visited the Masherov places.

– Our land is closely connected with the name of Pyotr Mironovich, with the military period of history and the restoration from ruins. We will reflect these events in our district museum; active work is currently underway to create it, – noted Natalia Kiselevich, Head of the Department of Ideological Work of the Verkhnedvinsk District Executive Committee. – In the meantime, we decided to visit the memorable places of the neighboring region. It is very important for people involved in patriotic education to personally experience the tragic moments of the military ordeal.

Olga MASLOVSKAYA. "Vitsyebski Rabochy"