Alley of Memory: in the Frunze district of Minsk, the names of 24 honorary residents were immortalized

The alley of honorary residents of the Frunze district opened in the park "Divivelka". There are stands with biographies of 24 famous citizens of the district. The project, which started with a regular school assignment, grew into a big civic initiative. It's reported by sb.by.

According to the agency “Minsk-Novosti”, the solemn opening was attended by the Chairman of the Minsk City Council Artem Tsuran, the head of the administration of the Frunze district Artem Shegidevich and deputies of the Minsk City Council, as well as representatives of municipal enterprises of the district.

The new alley has become a real place of power and memory: every passer-by can stop and read the biography of the hero. The project was implemented on the initiative of a resident of the district Anastasia Kimstach and members of the Frunze district organization of Minsk “White Rus”. The history of the creation of the alley began with a normal homework, said Anastasia Kimstach:

- This idea came to me from my son. Once he came from school, and he was given the task to tell about Leonid Skripnikov, an honorary resident, whose name the street is named. And then we thought: whose names today deserve great honor and deep respect? We walk in our park, and we live nearby, and we set a goal with the child: what can we as citizens, as residents of our district, contribute to its development? Why not create an alley of people we should be grateful for today? Without the history of the past, the present and the future cannot be built.

Chairman of the Minsk City Council Artem Tsuran recalled that the tradition of honoring honorary residents began almost 20 years ago:

- In 2008, the administration decided to create a Regulation on honorary residents of the Frunze district. These were our three heroes of Socialist Labor, who lived in Frunze and received this title for their work in the Soviet Union. It is gratifying to see that today this project has grown into a large patriotic movement, which we focus primarily on students, young people, and young residents of the district. Each educational institution has a stand with information about honorary residents of the district. Now we have already entered the urban space, which will also say that the most important person in our district, in the city of Minsk, in our country is a person of labor.

This also includes those who paid a debt for the district, citizens who were called up by the Frunze military enlistment office, died far from their homeland, but completed the task. These are both policemen and employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations – all those who have proved by their work and service that the main value is people.

- We remember and honor those people who made a significant contribution to the fact that today we live under a peaceful sky. We must remember and honor all those who faithfully served their Fatherland in different fields. Among them are village and industry workers, representatives of the internal affairs bodies and the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

It is worth noting that the opening of the alley takes place in the year of the 75th anniversary of the Frunze district. A special place here is occupied by the stand of Alexander Dalidovich, the only holder of four orders of Glory in Belarus. His nephew, Gennady Dalidovich, recalls:

Alexander was a very decent and heroic man. I went to school 20 miles from home. Before the war, he graduated from the Pukhovichi Agricultural Technical School. Worked as an accountant. And in the war was already in July 1941. He is not only awarded four orders of glory, he has other awards, medals, orders. He was wounded four times. Photo: Minsk-News.