The program of main festive events in Vitebsk for Victory Day has been published
Program of main Victory Day celebrations in Vitebsk published
06.05.2026
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No. |
Event Name |
Time of holding |
Venue of holding |
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Main solemn and cultural events |
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May 8, 2026 |
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1. |
Solemn event and performance dedicated to Victory Day
"Theatre and War" (joint project of the State Institution "National Academic Drama Theatre named after Yakub Kolas", State Institution "Vitebsk Culture Center", State Cultural Institution "Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic") |
14:00 |
State Institution "National Academic Drama Theatre named after Yakub Kolas" |
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2. |
Solemn events at monuments and memorials to the liberator soldiers, at military burial sites (rallies, laying of flowers and wreaths) |
10:00, 10:30, 11:00 |
Military burial sites and memorials of Vitebsk city |
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May 9, 2026 |
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1. |
Procession
Rally
Laying of flowers and wreaths at the monument to the Soviet soldiers, partisans and underground fighters of Vitebsk region |
11:00 |
Lenin Square - Victory Square (at the monument) |
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2. |
All-Republican Minute of Silence |
12:00 |
Victory Square at event venues |
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3. |
Laying flowers at the bust of Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labor P.M. Masherov |
12:45 (13:00) |
Zamkovaya Street |
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4. |
Laying flowers at the memorial sign installed at the execution site of Soviet patriots during the Great Patriotic War |
13:30 |
Lenin Street |
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5. |
"Heart of Vitebsk" athletic race with flower laying |
13:00 |
Victory Square –
Dovator Street – |
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6. |
Military equipment exhibition.
Operation of interactive and sports grounds
Festive concert program
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9:00-16:00
12:30-16:00
12:30-16:00
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Victory Square |
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7. |
Concert program with the participation of brass bands |
12:30-14:00 |
Victory Square |
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8. |
"After Victory. LIFE" - film marathon. Screening of films about peaceful life granted by Victory |
12:00-19:00 |
Studenchesky Square |
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9. |
Dance and music program, concert for war and labor veterans |
16:00-18:00 |
Frunze Park (by the fountain) |
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10. |
Screening of a thematic film
tea with Zdravnevsky herbs |
21:00 |
Cultural Institution "Vitebsk Regional Museum of Local Lore "Rathaus" (courtyard on the side of Mayakovsky Square) |
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11. |
Festive program:
Festive concerts
"Let's Sing Victory Day Together" campaign |
18:00-23:00
18:00-22:55
22:55-23:00
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Victory Square
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12. |
Festive fireworks |
23:00 |
Victory Square (at the monument) |
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Events in parks, squares, and neighborhoods |
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May 8, 2026 |
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1. |
"Day of White Cranes" memorial event |
12.00 |
Victory Square (at the monument) |
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2. |
"We Remember" festive concert dedicated to Victory Day for the residents of the microdistrict |
17.00-18.00 |
stage area Educational Institution "Children's Art School No. 3 of Vitebsk "Maladik" |
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May 9, 2026 |
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1. |
Concert program with the participation of a brass band |
11.00-13.30 |
Freedom Square |
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2. |
Concert and entertainment program
Operation of the amusement park |
12.30-15.00
10.30-21.00 23.30-01.00 |
Park of Winners |
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Park of Winners, Alley of Military Glory |
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3. |
"In the Hearts of the Living, Victorious May Sings" festival:
concert program; drawing contest on asphalt "My Drawing about Victory"; "Let's Dance Together 'May Waltz'" event |
13.00-15.00 |
farmstead State Institution "Cultural and Historical Complex "Golden Ring of the City of Vitebsk "Dvina" |
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4. |
"And let the generations remember!" festive program dedicated to Victory Day |
12.00-14.00 |
site branch "Cultural and Business Center "Pervomaysky" of the institution "Cultural and Historical Complex "Golden Ring of the City of Vitebsk "Dvina" |
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5. |
Celebration dedicated to Victory Day
Operation of the sports equipment rental service |
14.00-17.00
11.00-20.00 |
cultural and recreational complex named after the Soviet Army |
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6. |
"My Spring! My Victory!" celebration dedicated to Victory Day
"Belarus Remembers!" procession of generations
"The Candle of Memory Does Not Go Out!" rally at the monument to the Unknown Soldier
track and field relay race festive concert
festive concert dedicated to Victory Day |
9.50
10.00
10.20 10.40
13.00 |
microdistrict Ruba
Tsentralnaya St.
monument to the Unknown Soldier
Tsentralnaya Street square on Shkolnaya Street (Verkhovye) Tsentralnaya Street
Verkhovye microdistrict |
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7. |
Operation of light-and-music fountains |
May 9 23.10
May 10 21.00 |
Victory Square |
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May 13-24, 2026 |
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8 |
"I would have joined the army" International military-patriotic competition dedicated to Victory Day and the Year of Belarusian Women |
May 13-15 |
Educational Institution "Vitebsk State Medical University named after the Order of Friendship of Peoples" |
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9 |
City "star" march along the places of military glory, dedicated to Victory Day |
May 22-24 |
Vitebsk region, Sennensky district, Lake Streshno |