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On May 18, 2025, memorial complex “Khatyn” received a delegation from Bryansk Region. This visit turned into a deep, sincere touch to the common memory and pain shared by the peoples of Belarus and Russia.

In honor of International Family Day, Memorial Complex “Khatyn” is holding a special event for museum visitors on May 17, 2025. On this day, families will be able to visit the museum on special terms.

As part of his working visit to the Republic of Belarus, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov visited memorial complex “Khatyn”. He was personally met and accompanied by the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Belarus, Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin.

Today, when the generation of victors is gradually leaving, and the Victory in the Great Patriotic War is becoming a subject of ideological debate, it is especially important to preserve the historical truth. The peoples of Russia and Belarus, linked by a common history and common pain, need to jointly defend the memory of the feat of the Soviet people.

By May 9,  Minsk Watch Factory Museum opened a showcase with a new limited collection "Memory".

On May 6, 2024, a landmark meeting between the Chairman of Minsk Regional Executive Committee Alexei Kushnarenko and representatives of veterans' organizations took place on the territory of memorial complex “Khatyn”. The event was attended by activists of Belarusian Public Association of Veterans and Belarusian Union of Veterans of the War in Afghanistan.

On May 1, a motor rally organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus and dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Great Patriotic War, started. Law enforcement officers and their family members, cadets, students of the Ministry of Internal Affairs lyceums from all regions of the country took part in the rally. They will travel to places of military glory and sorrow to honor the memory of the dead.

On May 7, 2025, at 12:00, a screening of short films about the Great Patriotic War will take place in the lobby of Memorial Complex Museum “Khatyn”. The event will be held as part of the cultural program of the XI International Youth Film Festival "Movie Break".

On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, an exhibition of graphic works by contemporary Belarusian artists under the symbolic title «When a tear rolled down onto the ashes…» has opened at  State Memorial Complex “Khatyn”.

Academics and students of the International University "MITSO" visited memorial complex "Dalva".