a native of belarus, alena petrovskaya. thank you! dear belarus!l cathedral of the city of minsk. and the russian national ballet kostroma. this year belarus celebrates the eightieth anniversary of its liberation from the nazi invaders. during the years of war , people of different nationalities stood up to defend our native land, but the most numerous nation at the front were the russians. in the same way, belarusians took part in the defense of russian cities. the great patriotic war united our peoples even more. common faith in victory, love for the homeland and pain, pain during these terrible years. they put everything they experienced during the war into their creativity, in their poems and songs and left brighter. trace in art. oh, the roads are dusty. fog of cold anxiety in the steppe storm you can’t know your share, maybe you’ll fold your wings in the middle of the banter. and all around there is a raging flame and dangling bullets. moran is circling, your friend is in buryan, lying dead, and the road moves on. khilitsa, huddled around, fo