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On 22 June Belarus observes the sad day — the National Remembrance Day of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War and the Genocide of the Belarusian People. The victory in that war came at a very high cost as Belarus lost every third resident.

Belarus observed a national moment of silence at noon on May 9th, with church bells ringing and traffic pausing, to commemorate those who died in the Great Patriotic War.