Belarus Independence Day

This day in 1944 was the day of the Soviet liberation of Minsk from the Wehrmacht during the Minks Offensive. The decision to celebrate independence day on this day, the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis, from the 27th July, the day of the Declaration of Sovereignty of Belarus in breaking away from the Soviet Union, was made during a controversial national referendum held in 1996. The main event of the day is a military parade of the Belarusian Armed Forces’ Minsk Garrison.