A group of Russian searchers visits the places of military glory of the Vitebsk region

June 25, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A group of Russian searchers is visiting the places of military glory of the Vitebsk region, the head of the Vitebsk regional center for heroic and patriotic education of youth "Poisk" Larisa Brueva told a BELTA correspondent. The delegation includes 150 people representing search clubs from Moscow, Bashkiria, Mordovia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Saratov region and other regions of the Russian Federation. All of them were among the winners of the patriotic campaign "Remember Everyone by Name", having collected the largest amount of materials about their countrymen who died during the war on the territory of Belarus. The well-deserved reward for the best searchers of Russia was a trip to the Vitebsk region, where some of the most difficult and fierce battles took place, as well as a visit to Minsk. Their route lies through the places of the "Bagration" military operation. The visit of the Russian delegation began today with a visit to the school military museums of Vitebsk, the burial site of soldiers in the village of Kopty, and the folk history museum in Zaronovo, Vitebsk district. In the evening, the guests will be received by the soldiers of the 103rd Separate Guards Mobile Brigade. The busy program for the coming days includes trips to the "Shapury" memorial, monuments to the 1st Assault Engineering Komsomol Brigade, "Luchesa" of the Orashsky district, a presentation in Orsha of 11 books on the search movement published in the last two years, and a visit to the Dubrovensky district. Here, at the "Rylенki" memorial complex, representatives of Tatarstan, in memory of their countryman, composer Farid Yarullin, who died on this land, will lay flowers and soil of Tatarstan on the grave of the hero. On June 28, the delegation members will honor the memory of civilians killed during the war during a visit to the "Khatyn" memorial complex. One of the main events will be the international scientific and practical conference "My Countrymen Died Here," which will be held on June 29 in Minsk. During its holding, Russian searchers will transfer to representatives of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus the collected card file of their countrymen who died on the territory of our republic. A visit to the National Library of Belarus, the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War, and the "Stalin Line" historical and cultural complex are also planned. On July 3, the delegation members will be honored guests at all events dedicated to Independence Day in Vitebsk. The campaign is timed to coincide with the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders and Belarus Independence Day. Its organizer is the International Association of Public Search Associations "People's Memory of the Defenders of the Fatherland." -0-