A monument-chapel to the heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812 will be opened in Polotsk

May 19, Minsk / Ekaterina Nechaeva - BELTA /. A monument-chapel to the heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812 will be opened on May 21 in Polotsk. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the press service of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia. The monument to the heroes of the 1812 war, erected in 1850, was dismantled in the early 1930s and sent for recasting. The current project is its exact replica, created at the expense of the Union State budget. The decision to restore the monument was made in June 2006 at the thirtieth session of the Parliamentary Assembly, held in Polotsk. Then, a commemorative stone was laid at the site of its intended reconstruction. The solemn ceremony of opening the monument on May 21 will be attended by the Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia Alexander Babakov and other representatives of the union parliament. -0-