Monuments in the Brest fortress in Belarus, depicting the courage of the soldiers that defended it. The fortress took the first blow during the Nazi invasion in 1941. (OSCE/Mikhail Evstafiev)
Detail of a monument in Minsk dedicated to victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. A quarter of the population of Belarus (2.5 million people) was killed in the war. (OSCE/Mikhail Evstafiev)
A monument in Minsk dedicated to the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. A quarter of the population of Belarus (some 2.5 million people) was killed in the war. (OSCE/Mikhail Evstafiev)
A monument of a giant bison, the unofficial symbol of Belarus, on a highway between the capital Minsk and the city of Brest, on the western border of the country. (OSCE)
Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, with disabled children during a charity visit to an orphanage in Mogilev region, part of the "Chernobyl Children's project", in April 2004.
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