International motor rally of creative youth started in Orsha

May 4, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The international motor rally of creative youth, dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders, started today in Orsha. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Oleg Smirnovsky, head of the youth affairs department of the Orsha City Executive Committee. About 50 young people from Orsha, Liozno and the Russian town of Rudnya are participating in the event. Over the next three days, they will perform concerts and give congratulations to veterans in each of these settlements. Thus, the festive event in Orsha started at the memorial dedicated to the legendary Katyusha rocket launchers. Songs of past years and numerous congratulations were performed for the participants of the Great Patriotic War. A solemn initiation of local youth into the BRSM and pioneers also took place. In the evening, the participants of the rally will delight the townspeople with a bright bike show and a big concert, which will be held on the stage of the Palace of Culture of Railway Workers. The organizers of the rally are the youth affairs departments of the Orsha City Executive Committee, the Liozno District Executive Committee and Rudnya. -0-