The Council of Ministers has agreed a resolution to hold a national clean-up day on April 25, reported the National Legal Portal of Belarus.
“State bodies and organizations on a voluntary basis can hold a national clean-up day at work, or improve and put in order historical and cultural facilities, prepare children’s health and sports camps for the summer season,” reads the report.
Heads of government agencies will take part in the national “subbotnik”.
Half of the money earned during the subbotnik will be spent on improvement of settlements, repair or reconstruction of memorial complexes. The second half will be spent on restoration of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus and reconstruction of the common grave in the place of the village Oly in Svetlahorsk district, Homel region, which was burnt down during the World War II.
On January 14, 1944, the German military burned the inhabitants of the village of Ola and neighbouring villages. Those who tried to escape were shot with machine guns and submachine guns and cast into the fire alive. On that day, 1,758 civilians were shot and burned, including 100 men, 508 women and 950 children. The burnt land of the village of Ola is located in the village cemetery in the Khatyn memorial complex.
