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My father, Mikhail Cherkashin, a Red Army Guards private soldier, who during the operation «Bagration» evacuated 450 wounded soldiers and officers to the sorting platoon, returned home with honors on April 12, 1945, after a serious injury. His Great Patriotic War took place in the 51st Guards Rifle Division. Lasting over 1,300 days, it ended shortly before the Great Victory.

The «Festive Parade of Orchestras» — a project dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of the Great Victory — was held at the с and brought together peacemakers, teachers, and students from Peace Schools across various regions of the country. They came to the capital at the invitation of the Belarusian Peace Foundation to take part in the celebration and attend a concert program featuring the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Belarus, the wind orchestras of the Belarusian State Academy of Music and the Minsk State Music College named after M. I. Glinka, as well as the «Svetoch» Concert Orchestra of Wind and Percussion Instruments of the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts.

On the eve of the great holiday — the 80th anniversary of the Victory, thanks to the project «Four Fronts — One Victory», initiated by the Belarusian Peace Foundation, the closest relatives of the legendary Soviet military leaders Ivan Bagramyan, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Georgy Zakharov and Ivan Chernyakhovsky visited Minsk. These major military leaders, commanding the fronts, together with their armies, during the unique strategic operation «Bagration» did everything possible to ensure that most of Belarus was liberated.

One of the most popular exhibits of the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War is Li-2 aircraft. It is placed on the interactive platform near the museum building and especially attracts young visitors, who gladly study the cabin and the cockpit. This year the interactive platform starts to operate on May 4.