Historical Lessons and Achievements of Belarus: Round Table on National Unity Day held at BSUFC

Today, on September 15, the Belarusian State University of Physical Culture hosted a round table “Towards the Day of National Unity on September 17”, dedicated to the upcoming holiday. This sb.by reported in the press service of the university.

The event brought together students of the sports and pedagogical faculty of sports games and martial arts, as well as teachers for a dialogue about historical lessons and modern achievements of sovereign Belarus.

Artem Sviridov, Vice-Rector for Ideological and Educational Work, noted that this young holiday symbolizes not only historical reunification, but also faith in one’s own strength, national interests and self-sufficiency of the state.

Invited expert, leading researcher at the Center for Political Science of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Sergey Zenchenko stressed that the holiday occupies an important place in the calendar, symbolizing the huge potential that lies in people.

- The participants discussed the tragic pages of history, including genocide and its forms, the press service said. It was noted that there were no Belarusian schools in Western Belarus, and those who actively advocated the right to speak their native language were persecuted and imprisoned. Sport in the western part of the country was available exclusively to the wealthy.

Speaking about modernity, Sergey Zenchenko gave impressive data indicating the progress of the country. Today, Belarus is in the top 10 countries for the production of dairy products and in the top 15 for meat. The country has its own food security. Belarusian education is considered prestigious and high-quality. Representatives of 110 countries of the world study in our universities. The speaker stressed that it was the consolidation of society that helped the country to survive severe wars and upheavals.

During the round table, students were actively involved in the discussion, thought about what unity means for them, and were able to ask the speaker questions of interest. The meeting ended with an intellectual quiz consisting of two rounds: questions related to both the history of the holiday and the present. According to the results of the quiz, two winners were determined, they were presented with the book “Symbols of Sovereign Belarus”.