Pavel Seviarynets: Defense Of Kurapaty Remains Unique Phenomenon Of Belarus’ Contemporary History

• 4.06.2019, 18:52

The Kurapaty defense is in a certain sense the defense against the Russian aggression.

The people’s watch near the “Let’s Go Eat” restaurant, opened near the memorial to the victims of the Stalinist repression, on the territory of its former protection zone, has started a year ago. The Kurapaty defenders held a press-conference on this occasion, Radio Racyja reports.

Activist come to the site almost every day and explain to the visitors that the restaurant was placed there illegally, that its work here is a disrespect to the people’s memory, a sheer provocation. According to Co-Chairman of the Belarusian Christian Democracy, one of the initiators of the watch Pavel Seviarynets, this action brings fruit:

- This is a unique phenomenon, because it hasn’t happened in the contemporary history that people stood there under white-red-white flags, facing protocols, detentions, 24/7. In a wide variety of cases of force majeure and in any weather. Therefore, it is a national history. During this time, we managed to repel several attacks on Kurapaty. Succeeded in using the media to inform the hundreds of thousands of Belarusians and people outside of Belarus about Kurapaty. Managed to resist the attacks of the "Russian world", the state, the vandals at the national memorial. I think the Kurapaty defense is a factor that protects Belarus from Moscow’s aggression. Every Belarusian should be aware of the following: as long as we stand in Kurapaty, there is some protection from the aggression of Russia.

Therefore, there is every reason to continue the watch to protect the memorial.