http://www.charter97.org/ Íîâîñòè èç Áåëàðóñè, Íàâ³íû ç Áåëàðóñ³, News from Belarus /images/logo.gif http://www.charter97.org/ Íîâîñòè èç Áåëàðóñè, Íàâ³íû ç Áåëàðóñ³, News from Belarus be http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2011/9/8/42390/ History Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:23:41 +0300 On September 8 Belarus celebrates one of its most important and legendary holidays, the Day of Belarusian Military Glory. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2010/8/25/31612/ History Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:29:03 +0300 Today the 18th anniversary of statutory expression of Belarusian independence is celebrated. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2010/7/15/30634/ History Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:25:59 +0300 Dwellers of Polatsk and Mstislau went to the battle of Grunwald, but it was the Belarusians who came out of the battle. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/10/16/22875/ History Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:53:40 +0300 The Freedom March, one of the largest and most significant rallies of the Belarusian opposition, marks its 10th anniversary on October 17. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/10/5/22519/ History Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:48:14 +0300 Europe celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/9/17/22039/ History Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:01:45 +0300 Today is the 70th anniversary of the so called “liberation march” of the Red Army to West Belarus. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2009/7/15/20088/ History Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:30:12 +0300 The deputy leader of the Belarusian Popular Front party Vintsuk Vyachorka comments on the visit of a claimant to the Headship of the Imperial Family of Russia, Duchess Maria Romanova to Homel. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/11/27/12483/ History Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:32:59 +0300 On November 27, 1920 military action against the Bolsheviks, who attacked from the East, started. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/6/18/7493/ History Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:13:14 +0300 Khatyn Truth is a 35-minute documentary film, first run yesterday in Minsk. It shows the tragedy of Khatyn village (Lahoisk district), burnt with all its dwellers on 22 March 1943. http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/6/3/7114/ History Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:10:42 +0300 On 3 June 1988 the Belarusians learnt the truth about Stalin’s repressions in the country through an article “Kurapaty –the Road of Death” in “Litaratura i Mastatstva” newspaper, written by Zyanon Paznyak and Yauhen Shmyhalou. This article also provoked one of the first mass protest action in the USSR – people came to Kurapaty on Dzyady (the day of commemoration of the dead). http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/4/3/5423/ History Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:50:07 +0300 Writer Leanid Marakou created a site dedicated to the Belarusians, killed and tortured in NKVD (Main Directorate for State Security) prisons during Stalin’s repressions. The site contains biographies of 14 thousand of countrypeople.