Slutsk Defence Action anniversary marked today (video)
People rose against the Soviet rule and made an armed attempt to defend the independence of the Belarusian People’s Republic in the region of the town
The unofficial Heros’ Day is marked in Belarus on November 27 – the day when the Slutsk Defence Action started. Armed grouping mostly consisting of villagers tried defending the Belarusian People’s Republic in November 1920. The struggle with Bolsheviks started on November 27. There were from 5 to 10 thousand insurgents.
They fought until the end of December 1920 and retreated to the territory controlled by the Polish Army. Some of them stayed in their homeland as partisans fighting the Soviet government for a few more years.
"They struggled for their freedom and for the freedom of their Motherland! They did not expect any help! They chose their fate themselves! They sacrificed their lives for Belarus, for us, for you!” Belarusian historians and civil activists used to write.
The BPF Party is going to mark the anniversary of the Slutsk Defence Action and has applied for an action appointed for November 29.
