A commemorative meeting timed to the 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War was held in the village of Shapury, Vitebsk District on 4 February. During the event, soil from military grave sites of Armenian soldiers who died in Vitebsk District during the war was handed over to representatives of the Armenian Embassy in Belarus. The Vitebsk regional library hosted a presentation of a book about Armenian soldiers who fought for Belarus in 1941-1944.