The "Civic Duty in Defense of Peace" project has been launched in the Polotsk region

The project "Civic Duty in Defense of Peace", dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of Soldiers-Internationalists, has been launched in the Polotsk district, as reported by the press service of the local district executive committee.

The project, aimed at military-patriotic and spiritual-moral education of youth, includes three thematic blocks: "On the Roads of War in Afghanistan" - studying the history of the war; "We Remember and Are Proud" - honoring soldiers-internationalists, holding rallies; "Under a Peaceful Sky" - competition programs. In educational institutions, until February 15, class and thematic hours, and lessons of courage will be held. Children will visit excursions to the Museum of Soldiers-Internationalists at Secondary School No. 8 in Polotsk. The younger generation will take part in the rally-requiem "Afghanistan - Our Memory and Pain" and the memorial lineup "Belarusian Soldiers-Internationalists - Participants of the War in Afghanistan 1979-1989". The district will host competitions for performers of patriotic songs and young readers, and will organize drawing competitions, etc. Veterans of the war in Afghanistan will be guests and direct participants in many events.

"Residents of the Polotsk district, faithful to their oath, also took part in combat operations in Afghanistan. They honorably fulfilled their internationalist duty,

soldier's and civilian duty, embodying an example of active civic position, selfless service to the Fatherland and high personal valor," - the press service emphasized. The organizer of the project "Civic Duty in Defense of Peace" is the Department of Education, Sports and Tourism of the Polotsk District Executive Committee, the project partners are the Polotsk District Organization of the Public Association "Belarusian Union of Veterans of the War in Afghanistan", the Polotsk Diocesan Administration of the Belarusian Orthodox Church. February 15, 1989 (27 years ago) marked the completion of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. More than 500 residents of Polotsk and Polotsk district took part in the hostilities in the distant mountainous country, 29 of them died. In memory of the fallen, a chapel was erected in the city in 2004, and a museum of internationalist soldiers was opened at secondary school No. 8.

According to tradition, on February 15, memorial events will be held in the district: a divine service at the Holy Protection Church; a rally at the Chapel of Memory of Internationalist Soldiers; a concert at the District House of Culture; exhibitions and expositions dedicated to the Afghan events, excursions, and meetings with internationalist soldiers, their relatives and friends at organizations and educational institutions of Polotsk and Polotsk district. Participants of the events will remember those who died in that war and pay tribute to the veterans of combat operations in Afghanistan.

Alena Tikhonova, BELTA.