MINSK, 23 April (BelTA) – The two-day international conference “Great Patriotic War in the Fate of the Belarusian People” will open at the Belarusian State University (BSU) on 23 April. The conference will be held in an online format, BelTA learned from the press service of the BSU.
Over 80 historians from Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will take part in the forum dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Victory. These are representatives of the Belarusian State University, the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the National Archive of Belarus, the Museum of History of the Great Patriotic War, universities of the CIS countries. Researchers will discuss issues related to the initial period of the war, the occupation regime in Belarus, the strategy of survival and resistance of the population, demographic, social and economic processes and consequences. Sources to learn about the Great Patriotic War at educational institutions as well as traditions and novelties in teaching the history of that period will be discussed as well.
Rector of BSU Andrei Korol and Dean of the Faculty of History of Lomonosov Moscow State University, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Lev Belousov will address the participants with a welcoming speech via video link.
The event is organized by BSU and Lomonosov Moscow State University.
