The international campaign Living Memories Tour which is held by the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in the towns and places of military glory of the CIS countries was launched at the Victory Square in Minsk. Veteran of the Great Patriotic War, participant of the Battle in Berlin Nikolai Ivanov lit a torch from the Eternal Flame. The tour is scheduled to finish near Tauride Palace in St. Petersburg on 16 April 2015 where the torches from various countries of the CIS will light a flame symbolizing the common memory of the heroic deed of the nations.