Nobody is forgotten, nothing is forgotten

Almost 60 kilometers separating the capital from the memorial, we overcame an hour, prevented snowfall and snow porridge that road services were unable to remove the track. Seeing the 54 kilometer highway Minsk - Vitebsk famous monumental pointer relieved. The road leading to the memorial, cleaned and groomed unlike track. It is evident that it is regularly cleaned.
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Khatyn silence greets us. But it's not a dead silence. Visitors can not see. We did not expect to see a full house at noon Wednesday. But despite the absence of the flow of people, all the basic tracks cleared, several employees carefully clear the snow with marble slabs. It seems that as long as possible to "dig out" one part of the complex, the other sleeps, and so the process is non-stop. Rather, it is.



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To tell you the truth, before this happened to see Khatyn only in summer, in winter it is even more solemn and heartbreaking.



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Monotonous bells at the Belfry, located on the site of the burnt once homes, echoed off the frozen forest.



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Snow melts on the marble around the eternal flame that burns for over 40 years.



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- Who said that about Khatyn forgotten? It is not true! - Outraged the staff of the memorial complex. - Here, we have specific figures - in 2007 we were visited by 121 thousand. Man, 176 thousand. - In 2008, 180 thousand. - In 2010, this year till November, attended by more than 150 thousand by the end of the year the figure will increase significantly and will not be less. And it should understand that it is only those guests that we consider. And how many of them come on Monday, when the complex output, and in the evening, when we were ending work?



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For several years in Khatyn do not include the artistic lighting of the memorial. Simple light is on, and that's special, something that makes the evening heart constrict painfully include only significant days - save energy. One of the closest date when you will see the memorial enabled artistic lighting, - 22 March, the day of the seventieth anniversary of the tragedy of Khatyn.



- Of course, always wanted to be great - not hiding, talking about funding, the director of the museum complex Arthur Zelsky. - But I can say for sure that the Minsk regional executive committee does not offend us. Allocated enough money for everything you need, including the current repairs.

Arthur Zelsky fundamentally disagree with the fact that interest in the Katyn disappears. On the contrary, he says that it ceases to amaze the fact that, coming to the memorial complex, the citizens of Russia, Ukraine, Baltic States recognized that it Khatyn was the main purpose of his visit to Belarus. It was in order to get here, they've come a long way.



By and large - there is nothing surprising. Today Belarusian counterparts memorial there in the world. No country in the world's memory of the burned, mutilated war settlements, and most importantly - the dead inhabitants, not embodied as completely holistically monumental.



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It is unlikely that there is a need to promote a place to drag dragged tour operators here, "spin" the chain of tourists. Suffice it carefully, with all due respect to the memory of the victims, to preserve the monument. People should come here on his heart.

Correctly says: "Nobody is forgotten, nothing is forgotten».

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