The ceremony was attended by Oleg Shandarovich, First Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus; Igor Fedotov, Head of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Social and Political Work Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation; Irina Kuleshova, Director of Bryansk State Museum of Local History; Dmitry Viltovsky, Director of SMC “Khatyn”; Archpriest Pavel Yatsukovich, Rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; and cadets and representatives of the two countries' law enforcement agencies.
This exhibition is dedicated to the tragedy of Soviet prisoners of war and civilians who perished in Dulag-142 in Bryansk. The exhibition features personal belongings of the prisoners, photographs, and documents detailing Nazi atrocities.
Following the exhibition opening ceremony, participants toured the complex and the museum exhibits, laid flowers at the "Invictus Man" monument and the Eternal Flame, and observed a moment of silence for all the victims of the Great Patriotic War. Guests visited the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where they lit candles—a symbol of eternal remembrance.
The commemorative events united representatives of the two fraternal peoples in their mission to preserve the historical truth about their shared heroic past.
