The regional trade union honored representatives of the association who contributed to the perpetuation of the memory of the Great Patriotic War
Its participants – trade union activists and social partners of the VRTO – watched a film dedicated to the reconstruction of the "Kurgan of Glory" memorial in the Smolevichi district of the Minsk region and the "Breakthrough" memorial in the Ushachi district of the Vitebsk region. The chairman of the VRTO, deputy of the regional council of deputies, Ivan Vozmitel, spoke about the participation of the FTUB in the patriotic education of citizens, the renewal of the symbolic symbols of the Great Victory, and the contribution of the trade unions of Vitebsk region to perpetuating the memory of the defenders of the Fatherland and the victims of the Great Patriotic War.
In the year of the 70th anniversary of the Victory over fascism, on the initiative and at the expense of the trade unions of Vitebsk region, the military memorial in the historical part of our regional center – on Uspenskaya Hill – was reconstructed. Landscaping was carried out there, gravestones with nameplates were updated, elements of granite fencing structures were restored, metal structures and pedestals were reconstructed, and new copies of two sculptures were made of durable polymer concrete. Over 743.7 million rubles (before denomination) from the regional trade union budget were allocated for these purposes.
At the same time, the trade unions of Vitebsk region allocated 10 million rubles for the improvement of the memorial complex named after the Leninist Komsomol in the agro-town of Kopti, Vitebsk district, on the initiative of the Vitebsk district veterans' organization headed by Raisa Khodas. And in connection with the 71st anniversary of the Victory, the region's trade unions provided 50 million rubles to complete the landscaping of this complex.
In 2016, significant work was done on the reconstruction of the "Breakthrough" memorial complex in the Ushachi district. 336 million rubles were allocated from the trade union budget for this, which allowed the reconstruction of 38 memorial plaques with the names of 1675 fallen partisans and the composition "The Last Halt" to be completed on time.
Trade unions honor the memory of the fallen heroes and do not forget the living participants of combat events. In 2015, 1887 veterans of the Great Patriotic War
of the Great Patriotic War and prisoners of fascism received financial assistance totaling over 1 billion rubles. Last year, this category of citizens received assistance of more than 1.5 billion rubles.
During a celebratory event at the All-Union Society of War Veterans, representatives of industry trade unions who made a significant contribution to the reconstruction of memorial sites, military burials, and the preservation of national historical memory were recognized. Among those awarded honorary diplomas from the presidium of the Council of the All-Union Society of War Veterans are Great Patriotic War veteran Viktor Tereshchenko, who has been involved in perpetuating the memory of soldiers who died liberating the village of Kopty, Vitebsk region, for 30 years and made a personal contribution to the reconstruction of the Lenin Komsomol memorial dedicated to them, and chairpersons – Ushachi District Trade Union Association Nikolai Bukhalko, Vitebsk Regional Organization of the Belarusian Trade Union of Workers of Local Industry and Public Utilities Larisa Volkova, Primary Trade Union Organization of Students of Polotsk State University Svetlana Volochnik, Pervomaisky District Organization of the Belarusian Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Vitebsk Sergey Nikitin.
The event was enhanced by a concert of amateur performances by the primary trade union organization of "Vitebskoblgaz".
Galina Shpakovskaya. Photo by Dmitry OSIPOV. "Vitebskiye Vesti".