15th Anniversary of the Stalin Line Historical and Cultural Complex

On 20 June 2020, a press conference marking the 15th anniversary of the opening of the Stalin Line Historical and Cultural Complex was held at the complex.

Those attending included Alexander Yuryevich Bazarnov, the first director of the Stalin Line Historical and Cultural Complex, members of the “Soldiers of Victory” Club and guests.

 The conference was opened by Alexander Mikhailovich Metla, who initiated the construction of the Stalin Line Historical and Cultural Complex and is director of the “Memory of Afghanistan” Foundation. He was followed by the heads of the government bodies involved in constructing facilities at the complex. The conference concluded with a performance by “USSR”, the musical group of the Russian and Belarusian Union of Afghanistan Veterans.

Alexander Mikhailovich Metla then presented the complex’s staff with commemorative gifts.

Following this, Alexander Alexandrovich Metla, Executive Director of the Stalin Line Historical and Cultural Complex, and Yuri Perepechin, commander of the “Soldiers of Victory” Club, administered the oath to new members.

The oath-taking ceremony was attended by reenactors from Russia, guests and relatives of members of the “Soldiers of Victory” Club. Among them was Marina Makei, whose two daughters and son had joined the club.

 

List of distinguished guests in attendance:

Sergei Mikhailovich Luchina — Chairman of the DOSAAF Organisational Structure for Minsk and Minsk Region, Major General
Mikhail Fyodorovich Kozlov — Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus and First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Republic of Belarus, Lieutenant General (position held at the time)
Valery Vladimirovich Gaidukevich — Chairman of the Belarusian Union of Afghanistan War Veterans
Ivan Stanislavovich Markevich — Deputy Chairman of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee
Alexander Anatolyevich Khoroshevich — Head of the Minsk Branch of Belarusian Railway
Alexander Yuryevich Bazarnov — Director of Stalin Line (position held at the time)
Alexander Konstantinovich Rak — Head of the “Zaslavl” Tourist Complex
Yuri Ivanovich Lutsyk — Deputy Chairman of the National Council of the Belarusian Public Association of Veterans

 

Letters of congratulations: