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THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN FOR THE BELARUSIANS
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- Published on Monday, 02 March 2020 08:07
On February 15 the Memorial Day of peacekeeping soldiers is celebrated in the Republic of Belarus. The day became a valuable event by the Order of the President of the Republic of Belarus d/d March 26, 1998 No. 157.
More than 30.000 Belarusians participated in the war in Afghanistan. Lots of people died. With the aim to honour the memory of fallen heroes the representatives of the Center for Ideology arranged a festive meeting.
Sergey Gurin, a peacekeeping soldier, Svetlana Philimonova, a teacher of History, Mikhail Kopach, a war song writer, were invited to the University to participate in the event devoted to the war in Afghanistan. The guests talked to the students about those days and honoured the memory of those who passed.
This day is a special day for us, because it brings us understanding how unique and fragile our world is.
