Vitebsk will be the first Belarusian city to welcome the youth cycling race of the Union State

May 23, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Vitebsk and Orsha are preparing to welcome participants of the Union State cycling race "Youth of Russia and Belarus - the road to the future of the Union State," the head of the youth affairs department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Valery Kunashko, told a BELTA correspondent. The cycling race is dedicated to another anniversary of the victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War. The holding of joint youth events of Russia and Belarus is one of the directions for forming spiritual and moral values in young people for creative activity, developing cultural ties in the youth environment, and patriotic education, the interlocutor emphasized. The cycling race starts in the Smolensk region. In Belarus, it will pass through the territory of three regions - Vitebsk, Mogilev, and Minsk, and will end on May 27 at the Mound of Glory. About 60 people aged 18 to 35 will take part in the cycling race. On May 24, the Vitebsk region will be the first of the Belarusian regions to welcome participants of the interstate youth event. In Vitebsk, the young people will rest and the next day will go to Orsha, where they will visit a military memorial and take part in a practical seminar "Development of the creative and intellectual potential of the youth of the Union State." Further, their route will lie to Mogilev, Berezino, and Borisov. Here they will meet with veterans of the Great Patriotic War and visit the "Brileva Field" memorial. -0-