On Solemn Events of April 7, 2025 and Interim Results of the Embassy's Memorial Activities

On 7 April 2025, a number of solemn events were held to mark the 80th anniversary of the Victory over Fascism.

Uladzimir Ulakhovich, Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Hungary, took part in the ceremony of laying wreaths at the monument to Soviet soldiers in Freedom Square in Budapest on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Hungary's complete liberation from Nazism. 

Then, at the Russian Cultural Centre in Hungary, the heads of the Embassies of Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on military-memorial issues. The parties agreed on joint military-memorial activities, continuation of cooperation in the field of maintaining order of burial sites of Soviet soldiers, monuments, memorial complexes, establishing personal information and burial sites of soldiers and civilian victims of the war who died on the territory of Hungary, as well as preservation of historical memory.

At the end of the ceremony, the ‘Memory Book of the Heirs of Victory’ was opened at the RCC. The first entries in the ‘Book of Memory’ were left by the Ambassadors who signed the Memorandum. On the pages of the Book until 9 May everyone can share their feelings and thoughts about the heroic and tragic events of 1941-1945.

Ahead of the performance of the play ‘Don't Leave Me’ by Alexei Dudarev, Ambassador Uladzimir Ulakhovich addressed the audience. The Ambassador introduced the spectators to the work of the Belarusian playwright, thanked the theatre workshop ‘Artist’ and its artistic director Natalia Galieva for the production. The play was presented in Russian with Hungarian subtitles and left no one indifferent. 

The day of 7 April marked an important milestone in the Embassy's cycle of events dedicated to celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory and commemorating the events of World War II:

• 19 January 2025. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus Uladzimir Ulakhovich took part in the solemn event dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Jewish ghetto of Budapest by the troops of the Soviet Union. Budapest by the Soviet Army: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14bLpPwyna/.
• 9 February 2025. Embassy staff took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Farkasreti cemetery in tribute to the memory of the Hungarian soldiers of the Buda Volunteer Regiment who fell in the fight against fascism: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1PJR3yfehv/.
• 13 February 2025. Ambassador Uladzimir Ulakhovich took part in a wreath-laying ceremony in Freedom Square to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Budapest from Nazi invaders: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18iBvZ73CP/.
• 20 February 2025. Ambassador Uladzimir Ulakhovich and Embassy staff participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the monuments in Freedom Square and Kerepesi Cemetery on the occasion of Defenders of the Fatherland and Armed Forces Day: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BdFv4mKwq/.
• 12 March 2025. Ambassador Uladzimir Ulakhovich together with the staff of the Russian Embassy and the administration of Sob took part in the ceremony of solemn opening of Soviet military burial grounds in Sob after repair: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19VLTw8Zk9/.
• 21 March 2025. The Embassy staff took part in the ceremonies of laying wreaths to the Soviet war graves in Patak and Nagybarkan: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FohZPBEwf/.
• 5 April 2025. Ambassador Uladzimir Ulakhovich and Embassy staff took part in a solemn ceremony of laying wreaths at the Monument to Soviet Soldiers on Freedom Square in Budapest at the invitation of the Hungarian Workers' Party and Hungarian anti-fascist organisations on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Hungary: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16CYsJmgqQ/.

Belarus remembers. We remember.

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