The avenue of world leaders in Svislochi

Our newspaper wrote about unique park of monuments of world leaders near Druskininkai which some western newspapers compare even to the Disneyland. And here unexpected, I hope, pleasant news – local authorities of Svislochi that near Grodno, began the same work at themselves. About it I was told by phone by the deputy chairman of Svislochsky district executive committee Victor Brish.

Down the street on September 17, opposite to district hospital, there are works on a raising on pedestals of stone sculptures of world leaders of local production, taking them from a non-existence. The avenue there began Lenin, Konstantin Kalinovsky, soldiers of 1941-1944, in line Joseph Stalin accommodates in the same place.

And now there is a little history. The bust of "the leader of all times and the people" – Stalin was built in post-war years. But after the XX congress of communists it was removed from pedestals and it is hided far away from eyes. Nearly forty years provalyalsya somewhere in a warehouse of state farm "Verdomichi" of this area. And here the pedestal waits for the owner.

However disputes around destiny of art values of "yesterday" continue also at us. There are arguments and pros and cons. In this situation my interlocutor from the power personally – pro. History is history. Good it or bad. And everyone having the right the nobility the truth.

Such persons were, and they turned the course of history and destinies of the people. Contemporaries and our descendants will judge. These persons fell into oblivion. Can well-known be and it is senseless? The end at all one, and main advantage of death that it best of all proves equality of people. Forgive for a sad note.

And here with sculptures in bronze and a stone it is restless today. Likely, such position – what winds would be the most true blow, never to pull down monuments history. (Well, to transfer them to park or the avenue of history is all right). However I will return to exhibits of the svislochsky avenue. Apparently, we know everything about Lenin and Stalin.

And here about Kastus Kalinovsk, the monument to which in the avenue is put on the second place, it is worth talking. Konstantin-Vikenti Kalinovsky was born in the village of Mostovlyana (near Svislochi) on January 21, 1838. Studied in Svislochi, then on S.'s faculty of law - the St. Petersburg university. Upon termination of study in 1861 returned to Belarus.

At this time here the peasants uprisings caused by cancellation of a serfdom spread. National revolution a tsarism predusmatrivalasverzheniye in all territory of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (which third partition happened in 1795) and achievement of national independence of Belarus (more precisely, Litvinov, so we were called in those days).
For that time K. Kalinovsky was one of the most intelligent husbands of Lithuania: it is pure, full of virtues, is clever, vigorous, young. Kalinovsky shared views of insurgents and Litvinov, and Poles. Not without reason in the Order to the people of June 11, 1863 it was told: "Our business not pansky, our business – freedom for which our grandfathers and fathers and which the Russian wants to detain long since wait". At this time Kalinovsky is given appointment to the post of the revolutionary commissioner of the Grodno province.

But forces are not equal. The imperial autocracy cruelly dealt shortly with insurgents. 128 people were executed, sent for penal servitude – 853, to Siberia – 504, all from edge 12483 persons are moved. Kalinovsky was arrested in Vilno on January 29, 1864, and on March 10 hung up.

Today our Belarus is independent – it happened on December 8, 1991. It was wanted also by Kastus Kalinovsky. Here its last leaf on freedom: "From under the gallows imperial I write you. To bitterly leave the native earth. Heart hurts, the breast groans, but it is not a pity to die for the truth national …"

And about it, the reader, judge and think. In conversation with the authority we concerned also Józef Pilsudsky's identity (1867-1935) not once happening in Svislochi, long ago, at the beginning of the twentieth century. For Poles this personality known and powerful and to obtain its bust of the power not against.

Two times – on January 1, 1919 and on July 31, 1920 independence of Republic of Belarus was declared. The government of BNR appealed to the governments of many countries about recognition. (Finns managed to use an autonomy and 31.12.1917 the Soviet government recognized their state independence). But alas! And in December, 1918 in Warsaw the government of Yu.Pilsudsky who lifted idea of "Great Poland in historical borders" on a board comes to the power.

In the summer of the 20th year Poles receded to Warsaw, but in the same summer the Red Army left not only Warsaw, but also Brest, and Baranovichi. And only on March 18, 1921 the Riga peace treaty according to which our lands divided on western and east was signed.

All this events of bygone days. Today in the item of Svisloch one more pleasant news. The national agency of the State Committee on land resources of Republic of Belarus registered the decision of the Grodno regional executive committee for No. 44 of 14:12. 2000 about reference of the item of Svisloch of the Grodno region to category of the cities of regional submission. After the resolution of Council of ministers of Republic of Belarus of September 11, 2000 "About reference of the city settlements of Svisloch and Klichev to category of the cities of regional submission" at us became No. 1408 more than one city and good deeds of hardworking citizens.

Shag newspaper, 2002

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