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Afghanistan War Memorial
Monument

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Afghanistan War Memorial

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Monument
Minsk, Tsentralny District, Minsk City District, Belarus Add to Map
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1991 Afghanistan War Memorial. Also known as the "Island of Tears," the Island of Courage and Grief opened on August 3, 1996 as a monument to the 771 Belaurians who died fighting in the war with Afghanistan.
1991 Afghanistan War Memorial. Also known as the "Island of Tears," the Island of Courage and Grief opened on August 3, 1996 as a monument to the 771 Belaurians who died fighting in the war with Afghanistan.

Inscription

This Temple and Memorial was erected to the Sons who died in Afghanistan on the instruction of Belarusian mothers who want no evil to reign in their native land or in any other land.


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