A charity event dedicated to veterans will be held in Polotsk

The charity event "For Veterans' Longevity!", dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War, will be held in Polotsk on August 14.

The event will be part of the "Polotsk - Honey Capital" festival, during which beekeepers from Polotsk region will present the best honey from their apiaries as a gift to veterans, the press service of the district executive committee reported. On the gift jars with the healing products, the beekeepers will write warm words of gratitude and wishes to the soldiers of Victory. "The beekeepers will solemnly hand over the honey gifts to the Polotsk regional organization of the Belarusian Public Association of Veterans. It is expected that 11 veterans of the Great Patriotic War will take part in the celebration," the district executive committee noted.

In the Polotsk district, there are 154 participants of the Great Patriotic War, 532 former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, prisons, ghettos and other places of detention established by the Nazis and their allies during World War II, 45 war invalids and 9 invalids due to military actions, 62 home front workers awarded with orders and medals for labor and military service.

Alena Tikhonova, BELTA.