Youths in Brest visit graves of Belarus resistance heros
Young activists in Brest has laid white-red-white wreaths to the memorial of the soldiers of General Bulak-Bulakhovich who persihed fighting Bolsheviks in 1920. The cemetery is now part of the Rechitsa housing district in Brest.
Several hundreds of soldiers were laid to rest there after fighting the Red Army in Palessie and declaring the independence of the Belarusian People's Republic in Mazyr. The memorial sign has inscriptions in the Belarusian and Polish languages. The wreaths in white-red (Polish) colors are also lying nearby. The cemetery is supported by the Polish Consulate in Brest.
Historian Igar Baranowski pointed with satisfaction to the understanding of the Polish side that they were mostly Belarusian soldiers who fought under the command of Bulak-Balakhovich. However, he aso raised concerns that after restoration, inscriptions om some of the grave plates were changed from "Bulak-Bulakhovich Group's Unknown Soldier" to "Unknown Soldier of the Polish Army". The difference is significant, the historian noted.
On November 2, many of those who were at the Balachovich Cemetery in Brest, attended the Dzyady memorial service in Kurapaty, the site of Stalinism executions in the outskirts of Minsk.
Several hundreds of soldiers were laid to rest there after fighting the Red Army in Palessie and declaring the independence of the Belarusian People's Republic in Mazyr. The memorial sign has inscriptions in the Belarusian and Polish languages. The wreaths in white-red (Polish) colors are also lying nearby. The cemetery is supported by the Polish Consulate in Brest.
Historian Igar Baranowski pointed with satisfaction to the understanding of the Polish side that they were mostly Belarusian soldiers who fought under the command of Bulak-Balakhovich. However, he aso raised concerns that after restoration, inscriptions om some of the grave plates were changed from "Bulak-Bulakhovich Group's Unknown Soldier" to "Unknown Soldier of the Polish Army". The difference is significant, the historian noted.
On November 2, many of those who were at the Balachovich Cemetery in Brest, attended the Dzyady memorial service in Kurapaty, the site of Stalinism executions in the outskirts of Minsk.
