More than 18,000 addresses in Belarus linked to September 17, 1939 – State Property Committee

Across the country, 18,651 addresses are named after the events of September 17, 1939. This sb.by reported in the press service of the State Property Committee.

Today, Belarus celebrates National Unity Day, a public holiday established in 2021 by presidential decree. The date is associated with the restoration of the unity of the Belarusian lands after the division under the Riga Peace Treaty of 1921 and the events of September 17, 1939, when Western Belarus became part of the BSSR.

- In our country, 18,651 addresses have a name associated with the events of September 17, 1939, the State Property Committee said. These are streets, alleys, squares, avenues and boulevards. The largest number of such place names is concentrated in the Brest region - 69 objects, in the Minsk region - 49, in Grodno - 36. They are also found in the Vitebsk region (11 objects), Gomel (5) and Mogilev (4).

Also in Minsk in December 2021 appeared Boulevard 17 September, it is located between the streets of Kirov, Lenin, Ulyanovskaya and the stadium “Dynamo”. And in Mogilev Avenue on September 17 became a new transport highway, a double of Yakubovsky Street. “We need to remember those who helped Belarusians to be together again” – young patriots about the significance of September 17