a holiday of belarusian song and poetry since march 1994, the republican theater festival molodechno sokovitsa has been held in the city every year , the best actors and directors are celebrated there. an area of 45 hectares in belarus in size, it second only to the victory park in minsk, it was planted in 1946-47 by the komsomol members of the city and then with all the young veterans of the second world war. i have already said that in molodechno there were hordes of conquerors, crusaders, poles, swedes, napoleon's troops, but the most severe tests fell on the inhabitants of the region during the years of the great patriotic underground. the partisans fiercely resisted the nazi conqueror, the war caused serious destruction to the city and significantly reduced the population. 10% of the housing stock and 1/3 of the inhabitants remained after the war, the city in small steps , residents began to recover about their heroes, molodechno is still remembered. and they never forgot about the prisoners of the nazi concentration camp stalag 342, which was located on the territory of the former molo