A lecturer of Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno takes part in the XVII festival "Youth for the Union State"

An educational and creative festival has opened in Smolensk. The Belarusian delegation includes young performers, journalists and representatives of creative teams, researchers. There are about 100 people in total, and among them is Aleksandr Gorshkov, senior lecturer at the Department of History of Belarus, Archeology and Special Historical Disciplines.

Meetings with well-known journalists and athletes will be held within the framework of the festival, and a forum of young historians will be held for the first time. The participants will discuss important topics – the unity of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War, historical truth, as well as analyze the information wars of the XXI century, discuss double standards in the politics of Western countries and their attempts to rewrite history. The main goal of the youth events is the formation of a multi–million youth motivated team of builders of the Union State, the website of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus reports.

Teams from different parts of Russia will be represented in Smolensk, and, of course, the talented Belarusian youth will once again demonstrate the openness of our country. First of all, this is a great humanitarian mission, so that through creativity children can get to know each other, find new friends and strengthen ties between the youth of the two countries.

The festival will last until September 15th. Ahead of the participants are excursions around Smolensk and the surrounding area, master classes, meetings with experts and many other activities.