Stalin Line hosts WW2 battle reenactment


Lovers of reconstruction during the reenactment of the Battle of Rahachou at the Stalin Line on February 22, 2020.
Photo: Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters / Forum

On February 22 a festive event to mark the Defender of the Fatherland Day and the 76th anniversary of the battle for Rahachou and Zhlobin took place at the Stalin Line.

In the morning, visitors to the historical and cultural complex near Minsk could see the reconstruction of the Rahachou operation involving military equipment.

Photo: Natalia Fedosenko / TASS / Forum
Photo: Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters / Forum
Photo: Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters / Forum
On February 21, 1944, the Soviet army launched an offensive in the direction of Rahachou within two days crossed the Dnieper and on February 24 took the city by storm, creating the conditions for an attack on Babruisk.
Photo: Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters / Forum
Photo: Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters / Forum
Photo: Natalia Fedosenko / TASS / Forum

In parallel with the main program of the event, interactive zones operated on the Stalin Line where guests could take part in a historical quiz, shoot air pistols and learn to assemble and disassemble weapons.

Photo: Natalia Fedosenko / TASS / Forum

The Stalin Line event was supported by the Ministry of Defence.

Later the Stalin Line hosted the Afghan war staging. The complex is not limited to events dedicated only to the Second World War: in a month there will be a historical reconstruction dedicated to the First World War, in April it is planned for Biathlon with the use of T-72 tanks, and in December — the opening of the military residence of Father Frost.

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