that is, my belarus and blagoveshskaya pushcha. the desert turned into a sea in libya , the flood changed the landscape of the country, the water filled the empty riverbeds and river basins, as well as lakes that were there 6,000 years ago, such are the consequences of the cyclone strike. daniel killed over 11,000 people. another 20,000 went missing in the left, deliberately to bring to justice foreign companies that were supposed to maintain the dams, but in fact the work did not carry out the structure collapsed, which led to floods and casualties. 230 years ago the minsk diocese and belarusian orthodox church.

today marks the great anniversary of the holy spiritual cathedral, in the morning a divine liturgy took place, the service was led by metropolitan of minsk and the patriarchal exarch of all belarus benjamin on this day to the cathedral, the especially revered shrines of belarus - the icons of the mother of god, barkallabovskaya and zhirichichi, as well as the cross of euphrosyne - were delivered polotsk travel and want the national unity day holiday, it was formed not only according to the results of 1939. it's a long period which belarusians went through various difficulties and the creation of the minsk diocese - this can be said to be one of the episodes. on this path, on the territory of the upper city, an anniversary, concert and thematic fair are organized, traditionally it is decorated with products from the soviet convent of the city of minsk. with this, i say goodbye to you. the results of the week will be summed up by my colleagues on the main broadcast at 17:00. you can expect a live broadcast of the final of the day

of national unity with the holiday and have a good evening. belarusian tennis players recognized their first opponents at the b category tournament. 1,000, which will be held in mexico, so the 23rd racket of the world top victoria azarenka is the 10th seeded championship and will play the first match with nineteen-year-old american robin montgomery. irina shimanovich at the start will meet with storm hunter from australia and alexandra sosnovich. the first game will be held today; her opponent was the representative of the netherlands, who occupies the forty-seventh line of the wta rankings . previously, in head-to-head meetings, the girls met only once ; the belarusian athlete won the match five unanswered barcelona sent the balls into the goal. betty, in the match of the fifth round of the blue garnet league

at home, extended their winning streak to 4 matches at once. two barça players scored their debut goals in this meeting - juan felix, who opened the scoring for the game, and juan consella, who scored the final fifth goal. at the moment, barcelona leads the championship standings with 13 points; bettis is in ninth place with seven points.

september days we remember our history and turn the page of textbooks. and also we talk with our children about the fact that since it was not always the case now, that just a hundred years ago belarus was not within its current borders, that our western land and brest and the great pinsk baranovichi should have become a bridge for polish expansion. further east, on

september 17, 1939 , the day of reunification of belarus , its eastern and western parts, on september 17 , 1939, changed the course of history. it became a symbol of our timeless national unity. but experience speaks for us, that it is no less important to be together in peacetime, to work for the good of our people and fatherland, and to live in such a way as to never repeat the mistakes of the past. to be strong in the face of new threats and challenges of the time, to preserve our peaceful , amazing, beautiful belarus for our children and grandchildren. for several years now, belarusians have been paying tribute to this memorable date, when both the country and the nation again became united. the day of national unity reminds us of the triumph of historical justice, which, however , is an eyesore for some people even today.

how to preserve the solidity of the nation, despite geopolitical storms , not to forget the past and preserve the present of national unity every day - this is our main question. question number one. today we are in a special place , the temple of the book of the national library. it preserves the memory, including the events of the last century, when belarus was, well, for almost 20 years, practically divided in two, what a time it was for those belarusians, as we often say, who were on the other side of the border on the other side, and for eastern belarusians. what was the policy of poland, in relation to these belarusian land plots, further could be the intentions of the polish from the very beginning even before the signing of the treaty of riga during

the negotiations that took place in october. uh, twenty years old. and even a little earlier it became clear that there would be a division of belarus, and even then our society perceived it as a big drama and even a tragedy, uh, this division really came to life. uh, it was a painful process, a tragic process for belarusians since the late twenties, in fact , we are talking about such an ethnic dictatorship. uh, ethno-political dictatorship. this is severe pressure on a national and religious basis. it is happening more and more clearly. we can clearly see this from the negative dynamics of belarusian schools, which are practically disappearing and being squeezed out. the belarusian press has reached the point that it is forbidden to speak openly in public in the belarusian language . there are quotas for ethnic minorities in the bureaucracy in the army in the police. higher educational institutions are not allowed into officer positions. e.i. if

belarusians were not allowed in at all, then the jews who get there are subjected to discrimination, conscious of ethnic and religious principles, and the orthodox church is being infringed upon. well , everyone knows the year thirty-four. summer is the creation of the infamous concentration camp in kartun birch. it was the combination of these conditions that created such a stuffy atmosphere of suppression. well , in addition, it must be said that a conscious policy of uneven economic development, but the fact of the matter was that western belarus was being subjected to colonial exploitation, and from here they were being siphoned off. eh, raw materials were supplied there. e. well, you know, there is such a myth that supposedly in everyday life. they lived well there, but we have objective data, memories , and you know some individual residents there. well, maybe someone got to the master. there in the servant or somewhere else. yes, he could live well. or there really was a wealthy gentleman in belarusian style, it seems that there were few of them in general people's impression matches this data

that we have. well, yes , there was relative abundance in the stores, but the availability of these goods was extremely low, that is, people could afford, uh, buy a style, or the majority of the population did not have access to this. it is necessary to imagine once again the situation in western belarus, which emphasized this situation in order to understand why it created objective conditions for the national liberation struggle, which took place in different forms, like steam? wars of insurgency are simply massive rebel movement. we must still study to return to this. well, by the way, if we take these events, we know them. after all, bohr has different interpretations. officially, poland still believes today that this campaign of the red army. it was nothing more than the occupation of the eastern lands then, which were part of poland. we can answer such statements, because, well, the poles can consider anything unconditional. it was painful for them, but, nevertheless, the soviet union did not want to enter the war, and it

delayed the situation and the red army began its campaign only in the conditions of the flight of the polish government from warsaw, as if the twist was not established, the government left warsaw, the polish army was defeated. by that time, the soviets had entered the territory of western belarus and western ukraine. well, the most important thing is the attitude of the local population. we know that with the exception of ethnic poles there are belarusians and lithuanians and jews. they greeted the red one. and we have evidence that it was a broad popular consensus, that is, the red army was greeted as soon as they were liberated hateful. children's mode, what have we recorded? well, there are several hundred, maybe more cases when i set myself within the limits. you know, i would say that the frame is a kind of belarusian triumphal arch - it is a bright sculptural symbol, an architectural symbol of any time. even the architecture , rather, uh, of this period of the thirty- ninth year, all the political forces. here

the communists to the christian democrats welcomed the arrival of the red fair , once again speaking, understanding both the positive and negative features of the soviet system, uh, and this is exactly what we rely on when we talk about the significance of the seventeenth holiday. e september. not only as liberation, but also as a fire of national unity, and it is fundamentally important for us that conditions were created under which the belarusian state was united within the fullness of its borders of this period, all ethnic lands, belarus in your opinion, reproaches or claims. from the side of official poland today, they remain on this issue, or is this still such a historical, logical step, since this is a ride on us. uh, historical claims. yes, they are trying to accuse people of skipping these resolutions. they even passed the european parliament through there to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe with condemnation. eh , that is, to blame the soviet union

on an equal footing with germany, which is absolutely unfounded, and to blame it for its own military political miscalculations that led to the outbreak of world war ii. and this polish company in germany is trying to transfer the wine. it has been preserved and will continue to be preserved, i am convinced of this from a political point of view. official politicians say no. we have no complaints, at the same time in poland the cruisers are supported by the government and the cruisers of the movement are supported. that is, it is as if in the memory of a rat , documents on property rights are stored, and so on and so forth, there are, uh, cultural political organizations, but they act, we cannot help but notice them. whatever their influence. and since i say, it will not be supported, including by the polish government, the second point is the pole’s card, let me remind you that initially it was introduced only for post-soviet territory. now they have already extended it to other countries. well, why do they use this card? it means some kind of claims, that is, an attempt to use the polonium of the polish diaspora in

the world in the interests of their political influence. the next point is that i am convinced that at this stage, polish political circles do not set the goal of seizing some part of the territory, they need complete control by the states. what form now is the concept that the party preaches about law and justice. this is the fourth polish -lithuanian commonwealth creation between the baltic seas the black sea so-called union where there is hegemony in the center, there will be more and it will be surrounded by state protectors. from estonia to moldova, and we see in the example of ukraine, starting from may last year , a whole series of agreements that actually make ukraine dependent on poland. well, in particular, the most famous are that polish citizens are given rights. it’s not just equal rights with ukrainians, absolutely exclusively. i think foreigners are not granted such rights, and in relation to ukrainians they are not such legislative norms apply, but on the territory of the post office. that is, if we talk about

the colonialist character, this is generally a document. this is the combination of these factors, and it emphasizes and testifies to the presence of such geopolitical ambitions. e among polish politicians, and not only among the ruling party. in your opinion, why do we have such different eyes today? again, with our neighbors, we look at this historical memory at the historical truth. do we today have any hope of understanding reconciliation in these matters? the story is that neighboring peoples do not need to be dramatized; this happens so often. and in general, even i would say, this is, naturally, a process. there is no need to strive. in history, towards some kind of unification, there are completely different versions of history. and even individual subjects of study are another matter when history is politicized using their own interests. we see this, for example, in poland, where, uh, an institute of national memory has actually been created. this is, uh, the historical police with very strict sanctions for other interpretations, polish politicians pay great attention. they simply pay attention to this story and use it to their

advantage. e to broadcast your own politics in the neighboring territory. this is unacceptable for indoctrination, including one’s own narratives. uh, so naturally we take a pretty hard line against this. uh, as in historical politics, we bring the poles to the polish government, despite all the relationships. so to speak, the unfriendly are now ready to return to normal dialogue, but without preliminary claims based on respect for each other’s interests. why poland? for its part, it intensifies what for the poles today in this sense we see many examples. we can generally be good neighbors for each other, they like to remember. eh, soviet times, but relations between the bssr yes , it was part of the soviet union and more were absolutely normal, we remove the whole context. warsaw moscow but the beys and the polish people's republic were absolutely good friends. ben was culturally there, and she was the most beautiful, in my opinion, what do you mean, uh

, vitebsk bazaar grew out of uh, a festival of polish songs, this is such an image already for understanding what is happening. we can be such friends. a process that is normal for us would, moreover, benefit more from this, but the politicization of this issue is an attempt to use historical myths to, uh, support modern politics, which is quite subjective, existing in the brains of polish politicians. these phantoms about the past are the desire to create some kind of greater poland, plus elections are now underway and they are permanently taking place. naturally, and when problems arise, and now there are very big economic problems. there is a desire. here for account of such chauvinism using historical themes. uh, to gain the support of a certain part of the voters unconditionally. foreign forces take advantage of this. first of all, the united states of america , of course, the americans after the second world war consciously relied on anti-soviet anti-russian nationalism. and we see some elements of narrative.

these policies are very similar in relation to belarus to ukraine to poland, even in the balkans they are broadcast by radio liberty free europe with the voice of america specials were created. institutes in munich in other regions among the polish diaspora, the same one that ended up in large numbers in great britain in west germany in the united states of america and this, too, this factor cannot be exaggerated, but it cannot be underestimated either, but we, for our part, are pursuing a consistent line . uh , there can be no compromises at the expense of our historical memory of our emotional interests, but we can come to an agreement , we can also turn some unpleasant pages, but the day of september 17 is national unity day - this is evidence, but for a very long time they did not give this holiday to the state, despite requests from the public, so as not to offend the polish state. this won't happen now. we will consistently defend our interests, including our vision

of history, but this year within the framework of dialogue. e on an equal basis. e be friends with our neighbors. you know, the president said that neighbors. they do not choose from god, we understand this, i would like the polish side to understand this among ordinary poles, not everyone, but very much we have this understanding, we see that if in the end real democracy, which in poland no , well, about which they talk a lot, will triumph, then sooner or later, politicians will come to power there who will force such a line to be pursued. alexey viktorovich they call it an act of historical justice, and museum exhibits can sometimes tell about this better than any words. we are now in the museum of the great patriotic war. it's here. it may be small, but nevertheless there is an exhibition dedicated to it. here, to those events

reunification of belarus what were these september days like for those belarusians who literally found themselves on the other side of the border for two decades only when poland was left without its polish leadership only when it became clear that the days of the polish army were numbered only when german troops had already advanced close and were on the territory. e, lvov brest e, were near grodno only then the soviet union made a decision on september 17 at the beginning of the famous liberation campaign of the red army there were armies. the troops of the belarusian and ukrainian fronts were activated, who received instructions literally the night before this event that they should come to the aid of the fraternal belarusian and ukrainian people suffering from the polish occupation. eh, to prevent the occupation of belarusian and

ukrainian lands from the germans and precisely under these slogans. liberation of our brothers, belarusians. and ukrainians. e, the red army began military operations, and e in many places. uh, the red army met absolutely no resistance. people they came out with flowers, and people came out with bread and salt, they greeted the red army troops as liberators, this was very typical for the majority. belarusian lands. no. yes , you can see how the council is moving here. the troops are just advancing into this territory, but with all this, it should be noted that even the polish state itself and those remnants of the polish political military elite, they did not perceive the arrival of the soviet army as some kind of threat to the occupation, the same thing, by the way, not

great britain nor france which is defending poland declared war on germany and absolutely did not take any diplomatic action to accuse the soviet union of violating any agreements, this once again confirms that from the point of view of international law. uh, soviet troops came to the aid of the belarusian ukrainian people, left without top leadership , divided into parts thanks to the decisions of the riga peace of 1921, and no one in the world, then and for many years. after that i didn’t perceive it. it's like an act of aggression. and in the soviet union and on the lands that returned to the bosom of their east slavic civilization on the belarusian lands , especially western belarus hmm most of the population perceived this precisely as an act of justice, therefore, you can see how the residents of western belarus peacefully and with

smiles talk with the red army soldiers. these are truly historical facts. and of course. uh, when we consider any historical event, it always has different facets, different sides, like, uh, for anyone, these are not even two sides of the same coin, and there is also an edge, but in fact, we must today stand on the positions of our people of our state for the belarusians, who, by the will of the riga peace treaty, are based on the results. the results of the bloodiest soviet-polish war were worse. the belarusians found themselves abandoned by the political and military trumpets of the civil war and revolution. yes, they were torn apart due to political circumstances. they became part of a group that was alien to them in terms of ethnicity and religion. and in general, in its entirety, statehood on the one

hand. eh, it was, of course, a tragic moment, because world war ii began a war that will in the future bring huge multimillion-dollar destruction, which will distort the fates of millions of people, but on the other hand. it was a very bright moment for belarusians, because they were finally able to unite within one state. they were finally able to speak their native language comfortably. they could easily profess the religion that was given by their ancestor and the ancestor of their ancestors and, uh, a significant part of society took the day of september 17 extremely positively, so, by the way, speaking, here, uh, appeared then, and toponyms in cities, names of streets, squares, on september 17, were more common in western belarus and there was not even more memory of this

than, for example, in the east there vitebsk vitebsk mogilev gomel e.g. that moment, well, september 17th. it was one of the holidays, then several years after the annexation, but the local population perceived it. it’s simple, when it was for the residents of western belarus it really was a real holiday, a real red day of the calendar and a very it’s good that today we are many years later, but we have returned to this historical truth. and for us today is september 17th, which will be for many years. he just kept quiet afterwards. and today it becomes a real day, and this is a very significant date , the day of this nationwide belarusian unity, the day of truly returning to the family. yes, it is always the greatest joy to unite with your family. this is the greatest happiness for a person when you can

return to your father’s house, when you can sit with your family there by the fireplace festive table. yes, just hug, in addition to these historical facts, what in your opinion is necessary and important to talk about today. in the current realities, all belarusians from young to old. well, when we today, from the perspective of the modern day, look at belarus at what place it occupies in the world, we see that, firstly, we managed to build a real state with true sovereignty. belarus managed to survive without creating any new fault lines within itself, a new division line, we do not have xenophobia. we have no hatred towards others to people. we don't have any ethnic conflicts. we have no conflicts on religious grounds, although there are two large denominations, orthodoxy and catholicism.

and a number of small ones exist in our country and everyone is given the opportunity , uh, to profess their religion, to pray to whatever god you want, our current legislation, which in many ways appeals to the legislation back in the ussr before the war period. and in languages, the fact that the belarusian russian language has equal rights is that the state today is pursuing a very strict policy to prevent any disputes. on this basis, two languages ​​have equal rights. no one can be forced to say only one thing. there shouldn't be any. discrimination in the west now uses such a concept as positive discrimination. there is the creation of some more favorable conditions for some peoples. there are nations of languages ​​of religions. and it is these traditions of unity, the absence of conflicts, that belarus must carry not only through

the 21st century, but also the next twenty-second, this is the very, most important heritage that we today using the date september 17th as a kind occasion. yes, it is precisely this heritage that we must preserve very carefully, because in the world we see, and all politics today is built on inciting endless conflicts and our happiness is that we were able to maintain peace in our country and we must pass it on to our people later. alexey viktorovich, in your opinion, the unity of the nation is today an inoculation of internal shocks, after all , there have been attempts to divide the people and there will probably be more, but what does this entail today? here in the current realities, when we talk about 11 nations we have so many examples before our eyes. eh, when unity did not help and they managed

to divide the nation, of course it comes first of all to ukraine, where all possible fault lines were used and bore fruit. unfortunately, they were able to divide the people there along linguistic, territorial, national and religious lines. eh, they found a lot of opportunities there for people within the country to start hating each other. today technology actually works with mass consciousness with a society so masterly that even the strongest monolithic communication it can be divided if you find even a small crack, so as far as belarus is concerned, it is very important that in addition to this social unity, we understand and, uh, realize the importance of existence. actually, the sovereign power of its own state system. the state system, the political elite must be interested in the existence of this country and must be interested in

ensuring that this country exists in the best conditions. by the way, this is an important point that separates the republic belarus a presents itself from a much better point of view than the political regimes around us, because here we, unfortunately, see either some alien leaders, there are americans in the uh, positions of presidents of lithuania and citizens of another country or uh, when we see how uh , the so-called west is fighting against the so-called east in ukraine and there is a fight going on, whether our eastern or western president will lead the country and will continue to pull the blanket over himself. now, when in our country we have, firstly, the strong leadership of a strong political leader, who at the same time they realize the need to preserve civil and military peace in our country and do their best. that’s when civil society will support

the political power of the public administration system. that's it, then we can say that this is an important moment in our uh, modern component, but the existence of belarusians and the belarusian state. i want tomorrow to sound sincerely happy holidays. but what do you want on this day? and what is it like for you today in the current realities in this regard? this is the same question number one. on this day, uh, i want to wake up and scroll through the news to see that nothing bad has happened. return to this news only in the evening and see that the news feed is filled with smiling people, celebrating people, that everyone is sending smiles and congratulations to each other and no other news. on this day, just not. this is probably my greatest desire. i have national unity day - it was historical justice

then in 1939 now that we returned this holiday and gave him a position status and of course, this is generally a symbol of a return to our historical roots and the fact that the future of belarus will be built on this very powerful, solid, and historical foundation of our statehood. they were born in sunny azerbaijan , an amazing country with a rich history, magnificent nature and unique

cultural heritage. today, we will introduce you to two interesting heroes who came to belarus at different times and with different tasks. they were impressed by the beauty of the country, high standard of living and hospitality belarusians, and stayed to live here. each hero has his own unique story and his own view of belarus . i come from sunny azerbaijan and graduated from high school. i am in azerbaijan after finishing school. i tried to enter a university, but

it didn’t work out; i was drafted into the army. i was in the army as a medical unit instructor, and i was lucky enough to meet a military doctor in a medical unit, who i was listening to there , when i told him that i wanted to become a doctor and i had thoughts of going to russia . meditation, so i came to his parents. they i was greeted very warmly for the first time. this is how i ended up in belarus; the people in

the village are wonderful. by the way, i liked it so much, it ’s still going on. i remember them and i remember my doctor, the parents of that doctor valenchukevich alexander, by the way, that’s how they, uh, mistook me for their son. they looked after me so much, fed me, looked after me, and they provided everything for me so that i could calmly study to prepare for these exams. and this is kindness. she doesn't know so much, so deeply, so sincerely it's not wonderful is not possible. i was born in the city of baku and i am a native baku. i know my roots in the flesh since the 18th century; i am azerbaijani by nationality absolutely by accident.