{"id":1024965,"date":"2026-07-06T17:03:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/?p=1024965"},"modified":"2026-07-06T17:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:03:29","slug":"on-july-3-independence-day-a-solemn-event-full-of-profound-meaning-and-gratitude-took-place-at-victory-square-in-babruisk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/news\/1024965","title":{"rendered":"On July 3, Independence Day, a solemn event full of profound meaning and gratitude took place at Victory Square in Babruisk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Memory is more than just words. It is the thread that connects the past and the present. We remember those who gave their lives to give us freedom, who believed in a peaceful sky and defended our right to independence. Their heroism is forever inscribed in the annals of the city of Babruisk and in our hearts.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was attended by city officials, representatives of businesses, and organizations. Those gathered honored the heroes by laying flowers at the tank monument on the grave of General B.S. Bakharov and at the mass grave of Soviet Army soldiers who died during <strong>the Great Patriotic War of 1941\u20131945<\/strong>. Every bouquet, every bowed head today said, <strong>\u00abWe remember. We are proud\u00bb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As long as memory lives, so do they. Happy Independence Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\"  width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"gen_table\">\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-36.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1085930\" class=\"wp-image-1085930 alignnone size-full\" width=\"50%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>1. Third from left to right: Elena Zayats, Director of the Zonal State Archives in Bobruisk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-24.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1085931\" class=\"wp-image-1085931 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"70%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1085932\" class=\"wp-image-1085932 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"50%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>2-3. Participants of the event<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1085933\" class=\"wp-image-1085933 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"50%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1085934\" class=\"wp-image-1085934 alignnone size-medium\" width=\"50%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>4-5. The tank monument at the grave of General B.S.Bakharov and the mass grave of Soviet Army soldiers who died during the Great Patriotic War of 1941\u20131945.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memory is more than just words. It is the thread that connects the past and the present. We remember those who gave their lives to give us freedom, who believed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-1024965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-gk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1024965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1024966,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024965\/revisions\/1024966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1024965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1024965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}