In May 1943, this village met the same fate as Khatyn. Its peaceful inhabitants were burned by the German occupiers. They threw the young villagers alive into a well and showered it with grenades.

At the cultural and historical complex "Golden Ring of Vitebsk 'Dvina'" on Tchaikovsky Street, masters of folk crafts await residents and guests of the festival city. This year, more than 400 people gathered from all over Belarus, and representatives from Russia, Ukraine, and the Baltic states also arrived. The trade rows will delight the eye with a variety of handicrafts, jewelry, items made of beads, straw, willow, clay, and a mass of other trinkets that will decorate the home and lift the mood.

A large-scale pro-life campaign, aimed against the demographic crisis, mass abortions, and divorces, will take place for the first time, with the project's geography covering over 20 countries. The campaign's motto is the slogan "East and West in Defense of Life." Pavel Serdyuk noted that the name of the event, "From Ocean to Ocean," is symbolic – an international procession in the form of a motor rally started on the shores of the Pacific Ocean in the Russian city of Vladivostok on June 15 and will conclude on the Atlantic Ocean in December in the city of Fatima, Portugal. The symbol of the event is the icon of the Mother of God "Czestochowa," whose image participants will carry through the cities.

At the meetings of district election commissions, which were held throughout the region on August 22, registration certificates were issued to 48 candidates out of 61 applicants. Among the registered candidates, 28 citizens are representatives of parties: 11 members will run in the elections from the Liberal Democratic Party, five from the Belarusian Left Party "A Just World", three from the United Civil Party, four from the BNF Party, three from the Republican Party of Labor and Justice, and one each from the KPB and the Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Hramada".