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Lukashenko sees Belarus’ liberation as sacred knot of multiethnic Soviet unity

MINSK, 2 July (BelTA) – The sacred knot of multiethnic Soviet unity was tied in battles for Belarus’ liberation. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during a solemn assembly dedicated to Independence Day, BelTA has learned.

Aleksandr Lukashenko stated: “A new sacred knot was tied in the sacred Belarusian land back then, 80 years ago. A knot of multiethnic Soviet unity. An even stronger one. We remember sons and daughters of all the USSR republics: western and eastern ones, southern and northern ones. We remember everyone, who looked death in the face, but rose up to fight in order to liberate our Belarus. Everyone knew that the fate of their home area, the fate of their relatives and loved ones was decided here, at this frontier even though they were thousands of kilometers away from this Belarusian frontline.”

The head of state remarked that every Soviet soldier waged a holy war for the future of the huge country that stretched from Brest to Vladivostok and from Murmansk to Tashkent. “They waged it here, in Belarus,” he said. “Belarus remembers heroes. Names of many natives of brotherly republics are immortalized in names of our streets. A mound has been built in their honor and to their glory outside Minsk. Soil for the mound was collected from all corners of the Soviet Union. As great as its concept, the mound towers as a symbol of the Soviet nation, a winner nation.”

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