This year, the double-decker train will pass through many cities in Belarus and Russia. Among them are Minsk, Moscow and St. Petersburg. In two weeks, schoolchildren will visit regions of Russia and various regional centers of Belarus, the press service of the CIS Executive Committee reports.
The passengers also include students from Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan. In total, there are about 200 people.
The Memory Train project is a Russian-Belarusian cultural and educational event, within the framework of which young people from different countries travel to cities in Russia and Belarus.
This project was launched in 2022. Its main goal is to better acquaint young people with the history of World War II, as well as to make them aware of the sacred duty of generations to preserve the memory of the heroism of our ancestors.
The Memory Train gives participants from different regions the opportunity to make friends, learn about each other’s cultural traditions and the customs of different peoples.