Belarus remains the only country in the former Soviet Union, Where 7 November is celebrated as the feast of the October Revolution, and thus has an official character. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko explained, why Belarus is not blocked out the date of the national calendar, unlike all the other republics of the former USSR.
During his working trip to the Vitebsk Oblast Alexander Lukashenko in dialogue with local residents said, holiday of the October Revolution in the country continues to officially exist, staying a day off, for the reason, that is the story.
Lukashenko:
Many see this distant revolution in the distance - passed more than a hundred years. But it is our history. Its not perecherknesh, it can not rewrite.
Further, the Belarusian president, slightly paraphrase a famous saying about the history and the gun, He added:
the, who tried to, rewriting, throw a stone into the past, I received the stone in this.
However, Alexander Lukashenko noted, that "the time comes", but because the holiday 7 November "need to be filled in some other sense".
The result was somewhat controversial. Holiday remains in the calendar as a reminder of the country's history, But at the same time, According to Lukashenka, needed a "different sense".
Need to add, that the calendar of public holidays of the Republic of Belarus there such as the Day of Unity of Belarus and Russia. celebrated 2 April.
