Saturday, December 18, 2010

How Many South Of The Border Signs

The Square-2010 prysvyachaetstsa

Mass opposition rally began in the capital of Belarus much earlier November 30, 1988-year . Minsk has a tradition of political protest in which over one hundred years. 18 October 1905 at a demonstration against samavlyaddya it was about 20,000 residents of Minsk, which means every fifth resident of the city. If you could make out the Square every fifth citizen, then the place would not suffice - it would be 360,000 people.

If Briefly, the day after the publication of the Manifesto of October 17, 1905 the year for the granting of political freedoms in the Cathedral Square gathered many citizens, are sent to the Russian governor Kurlov delegation to demand the release of political prisoners. He said yes, the manifestation of the Transfiguration (International) went to prison, where political prisoners welcomed triumphantly, then followed for a rally before the Railway Station Square, where there was treacherously shot by Russian soldiers. As a result of these events included in the story titled "Kurlovsky shooting, killing 80 and wounding about 300 people. For details, see the article Sergei Krapivina, and now propose to look at the filming of this unique event from the collections of the former Vilna Belarusian Museum of Ivan Lutskevich.

protesters on the Cathedral Square (Freedom Square) in front of the governor's palace.
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Protesters await release political prisoners from Minsk prison (the famous Queen).
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By the way, before the war in Railway Square there was a memorial to victims of execution Kurlovskogo now It reminds of a modest plaque at Metro Square of Independence. "

Let tomorrow parallels with the demonstration limited to only masavastsyu participants, and the results will be diametrically opposed. Long live Belarus!

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