The State Archive of the Vitebsk Region has prepared an exhibition of documents «Victory Square in photographs from the personal fund of Mikhail Stepanovich Ryvkin»

In the early 1970s. The question arose about the upcoming celebration of the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Vitebsk from the Nazi invaders (June 26, 1944) and the 1000th anniversary of its founding (974). By these dates, a complex project – Victory Square – was conceived and completed in 2.5 years, with the organization of a monument ensemble, a recreation area and a transport hub in one place.

In pre-holiday Vitebsk 2024, the square is undergoing another reconstruction, and from photographs preserved in the archive, we remember what it was like 50 years ago.