The head of Bashkortostan said that he learned about the history of the republic from the exhibition “Partisans of Belarus”

Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan Radiy Khabirov and Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus Roman Golovchenko on the eve of the premiere of the concert-requiem “Every third” in Ufa visited the exhibition “Partisans of Belarus”, organized by the publishing house “Belarus Today” within the framework of the project. It's from sb.by.

Roman Golovchenko and Radiy Khabirov got acquainted with the data of natives of the Bashkir lands who fought in partisan detachments on the territory of the BSSR during the Great Patriotic War. On the stands are placed award lists from the personal files of guerrilla fighters. Head of the Advertising Department of the publishing house Pavel Sukhorukov made for the guests a brief excursion into the history of Bashkirs’ participation in the partisan movement in Belarus.

- Today we learned a very interesting fact that I did not know, although I study the history of the Great Patriotic War and the participation of the residents of Bashkortostan in it. It turns out that more than a thousand natives of Bashkortostan participated in the war in partisan detachments on the territory of Belarus. A huge figure, Radiy Khabirov shared his impression with the audience of the requiem concert.

In modern conditions, when young people grow up in an extremely complex information environment, such historical truth is more important than ever.

- That’s why this is an exhibition (“Partisans of Belarus”). — Approx. ed.), such a concert (concert requiem "Every third". “I think such a vaccine is good, a vaccination against false allegations,” the head of Bashkortostan said.

Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Belarus Roman Golovchenko also appreciated the work of the publishing house “Belarus Today” together with the National Archives of the country in perpetuating the memory of guerrilla fighters:

- It’s great that the entire database of the guerrilla movement is available on the Internet. And everyone can find their relative online, said Roman Golovchenko.