MINSK, 25 October (BelTA) - A national clean-up day (aka subbotnik) is taking place across Belarus on 25 October, BelTA has learned.
Belarusians are engaged in landscaping, improving, and restoring order in public areas and facilities in their towns and cities. This work is focused on significant sites, historical and cultural landmarks, memorial complexes, sites of military glory, and the graves of soldiers and partisans from the Great Patriotic War. The cleanup activities can also be organized at people's workplaces.
Of the funds raised from this autumn's subbotnik, 50% will be allocated to the construction of the National History Museum of Belarus and the creation of its permanent exhibition. The remaining 50% will be at the disposal of the oblast executive committees and the Minsk City Hall, with the possibility of directing them to specific local projects.
Photos by Andrei Sinyavsky, Oleg Foinitsky, Vitaly Pivovarchik, Violetta Yuzhakova
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