SCST representatives paid tribute to the victims of fascism

Representatives of the State Committee for Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus and its subordinate organizations paid a flower-laying ceremony at the Khatyn memorial complex. On March 22, they paid tribute to the victims of the Khatyn tragedy and other burned villages during the World War II.

The ceremony was attended by Vladimir Ryabovolov, Director General of the National Center of Intellectual Property.

The Khatyn Memorial Complex was opened 55 years ago, in 1969, in memory of the victims of fascism. On the territory of the complex there is the world's only «Cemetery of Villages» - 185 graves, each of which symbolizes one of the unrevived Belarusian villages that were burnt together with the people.

Another element of the complex is the «Symbolic Trees of Life», the branches of which list the names of 433 Belarusian villages that were destroyed by the occupants along with their inhabitants, but were rebuilt after the war.

The Khatyn Memorial Complex is included in the State List of Historical and Cultural Heritage. Since its opening, it has been visited by more than 40 million people from 100 countries.

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