On the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia, which is celebrated in our country on April 2 and is a public holiday, a round table “25 years together” was held with students of the preparatory department. Union State of Belarus and Russia 1999–2024.”
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Union State of Belarus and Russia - the agreement on its creation was signed on December 8, 1999. Today, citizens of Belarus and Russia have almost the same opportunities for employment, choice of place of residence, education, medical care and social security.
During the event, Associate Professor of the Department of Pre-University Training and Career Guidance M.N. Samonova presented a presentation reflecting the main stages and directions of Belarusian-Russian integration, as well as significant events in the development of the Union State. In particular, the topic of cooperation between Belarus and Russia in the field of space exploration aroused great interest among the children. The most important result was the sending of the first Belarusian cosmonaut, Marina Vasilevskaya, to the International Space Station (ISS), who underwent all the necessary training in Russia. On March 23, 2024, as part of a Russian-Belarusian-American crew, Marina Vasilevskaya launched on the Russian Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft from the Roscosmos Mission Control Center and arrived at the ISS on March 25.
In addition, the children discussed the importance of patriotic education of youth based on preserving the memory of the Great Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945. In this regard, the presentation reflected such results of the activities of the Union State as the restoration of the Brest Fortress and the creation of the Memorial to the Soviet Soldier near Rzhev, as well as the financing of the project to create a youth patriotic center at the Kobrin fortification of the Brest Fortress.
