News on the topic: historical heritage
03.02.2014 Brest “For Freedom” coordinator sues Ministry of Culture
Brest coordinator of the Movement "For Freedom" Dzianis Turchaniak trying to challenge the actions of the Ministry of Culture of Belarus, which coordinated the project documentation and issued a permit for the construction of a road bridge at the Brest Fortress.
06.08.2013 Installment of monument to Kalinouski is not provided by state concept
The initiator of the campaign for its establishment, Aleh Korban, received a response from the deputy chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee, the head of the pro-government Communist Party Ihar Karpenka.
05.08.2013 Court upholds eviction from historical house in central Brest
Leninski District Court of Brest dismissed the complaint of residents of the house in Ostrovsky Street, 10 who challenged the decision of Brest City Executive Committee, according to which the it was declared that the house was in the state of emergency.
12.07.2013 Brest residents apply to prosecutor's office to protect their property rights
Dwellers of the house in Astroustki Street, 10 filed an appeal to the prosecutor's office. The reason is that the Brest City Executive Committee requires their eviction, citing the emergency condition of the building.
03.06.2013 Baranavichy: historical feast held despite official bans
On 2 June a historical and cultural feast was held in Milavidy (the Baranavichy district) to commemorate the insurgents of 1863.
12.04.2013 Civil hearings in Mahiliou: first dismantlement, then discussion
The local authorities are organizing "civil hearings" in Mahiliou. The local residents are proposed to discuss the draft of the construction of a complex of dwelling houses which will be constructed in the center of Mahiliou, in place of a baking factory in Levaya Dubravenka Street.
14.03.2013 Homel: wooden buildings still dismantled despite prohibition of Ministry of Culture
The unique wooden buildings of the 19-20th century in Volvatauskaya Street are still dismantled
13.03.2013 Presentation of historical book banned in Zelva
The presentation of the book "By the local history paths of Zelva area" by Siarhei Chyhryn was to have taken place at Zelva district library on 15 March. It is the first such detailed book concerning the history and local core studies of Zelva and the surrounding areas. The author tells interesting details about famous people of Zelva region, the events which took place there for the last 200 years and his talented contemporaries living there.
12.03.2013 Babruisk castle under the treat of destruction
Babruisk civil activists launched a campaign for the protection of Babruisk castle, one of the oldest military monuments of the city.
12.03.2013 "Alternative" activist started collecting signatures for construction of monument to Kalinouski in Minsk
The youth alternative organization "Alternative" (registered in Latvia) started collecting signatures under the proposal to the authorities to erect a monument to Kastus Kalinouski.
07.03.2013 Kastus Zhukouski intends to hold a picket under the slogan "Homel City Executive Committee! Hands off history!"
The aim of the action is to draw the public attention to the fate of the wooden houses in Valatouskaya Street and the unlawful actions of Homel City Executive Committee on their dismantlement.
06.03.2013 Brest civil monitoring group struggling for monuments of history
As it was stated at a briefing held by the members of the civil monitoring group Iryna Laurouskaya, Uladzislau Abramovich and Valery Faminski, the destruction of the historical heritage is conducted and the public is not informed about it.
07.02.2013 Babruiskers are concerned with the state of the local architectural monuments
An initiative group of like-minded people concerned with the state of architectural monuments has formed in Babruisk.
05.02.2013 Homel: Kastus Zhukouski asks to let him paint on monument to Lenin
The Homel public activist Kastus Zhukouski has applied with an open letter to the head of the department of architecture and city building of the Homel City Executive Committee, asking for permission to paint the monument to Lenin on Lenin Square.
08.01.2013 Environmental regulations violated during dismantlement of wooden church in Homel
As it follows from the answer, received by the civil activist Kanstantsin Zhukouski, the laws on protection of the environment were violated during the dismantlement of the wooden buildings in the center of Homel.
