island, the largest in russia, it is washed by the japanese and okhotsk seas , and behind me is aniva bayhalin, what was it like? it was, you know, it’s even difficult for me to imagine, compare with the belarusian cities of the nineties, precisely in terms of the level of development of the urban environment, it was very far behind, but the latter. governor, and what can bind more tightly in total the republic of belarus , my homeland, this region of the far east, which may be in the center or heart of this connection, this is the unification of two borders, and the great patriotic war began here in belarus, brest, it ended here in the far east with hostilities. accordingly, we turned to the brest fortress with a generous request on their part to provide us with support and share in any form. we didn't have to wait long. silent witnesses are now part of the exhibition of the museum and memorial complex victory in the city of yuzhno-sakhalinsk. by the way, there was a time when island schoolchildren, winners of the rally, were sent to our brest fortress. search parties and children's, loc