The protected village of Domzheritsy welcomed the participants of the "Paris-Moscow" cycling race for peace

August 16, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Domzheritsy, a nature reserve village, the administrative center of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, was the first in the Vitebsk region to welcome participants of the fifth "Paris-Moscow" peace bike ride, Nikolai Demko, head of the sports and tourism department of the Lepel District Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent. Along with the traditional bread and salt, cyclists will be treated to a tour of the nature museum, a visit to an ecological trail, and a meeting with veterans, representatives of public organizations, and villagers. By the way, the marathon runners will take a walk through the protected forest without their two-wheeled vehicles. After Domzheritsy, Lepel and Beshenkovichi will welcome the guests. In the Lepel district, seven cyclists from the agro-town of Staroye Lyadno will join the participants of the international bike marathon. From Beshenkovichi, the marathon runners will head to Vitebsk, where they will be solemnly welcomed by representatives of state, public, sports and physical culture organizations, and war veterans. The guests will be given a city tour and shown the Marc Chagall Museum. Liozno will be the last Belarusian settlement on the way to Moscow. In total, the cyclists will cover more than 200 km across the Vitebsk region. The fifth bike marathon is organized by the "Bicycle for Peace and New Energies" organization as part of the movement for peace and interaction between peoples. The marathon, with a total length of over 4,000 km, started on July 4 in Paris and will finish on August 27 in Moscow's Red Square. Participants of the fifth "Paris-Moscow-2010" peace bike marathon, dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Europe from fascism, arrived in Belarus on August 6 from Poland. They have already passed through Brest, Kobrin, Drogichin, Ivanovo, Pinsk, and Gantsevichi. They also visited Minsk and towns in the Minsk region. -0-