A monument to Uzbekistan natives who died during the liberation of the village of Shapury was unveiled in the Vitebsk district of Belarus

In the village of Shapury in the Vitebsk district, at a mass burial site where about 18,000 Soviet soldiers are buried, including 729 natives of Uzbekistan, a monument was solemnly unveiled to those who died during the liberation of Vitebsk. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the authorities of Belarus and Uzbekistan. The report cites BelTA.

tafs uz editorial deskFirst published on tafs uz 17 October 2026 at 17:532 min readAI translation

The key facts

The monument was unveiled at a mass burial site in the village of Shapury, where about 18,000 Soviet soldiers are buried, including 729 natives of Uzbekistan.
According to the publications, more than 1,300 natives of Uzbekistan died on the territory of the Vitebsk region.
The ceremony was attended by the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Belarus Nuriddin Mamajonov and the khokim of the Andijan region Shukhrat Abdurakhmonov.

Unveiling of the monument in Shapury

In the village of Shapury in the Vitebsk district of Belarus, a monument was solemnly unveiled in memory of the Uzbekistan natives who died during the liberation of this territory during World War II. This was reported by the BelTA agency. The ceremony took place at a mass burial site where about 18,000 Soviet soldiers are buried, including 729 natives of Uzbekistan. The event was attended by the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Belarus Nuriddin Mamajonov, the khokim of the Andijan region Shukhrat Abdurakhmonov and the chairman of the Vitebsk district executive committee — in the BelTA publication he is named Alexander Rogozhnik, while in the text of Daryo.uz, when quoted, he is named Sergey Egorov.

Historical context

During the war, the village of Shapury became the site of fierce battles: it was here that the breakthrough of the German defense began during Operation Bagration. According to the chairman of the Vitebsk district executive committee, this is one of the largest military burial sites in Belarus. In total, on the territory of the Vitebsk region, according to the cited data, more than 1,300 natives of Uzbekistan died.

Mobilization data and conclusion of the ceremony

The adviser to the khokim of the Andijan region on foreign economic activity, Ostanakul Mirzaev, recalled that at the beginning of the war the population of Uzbekistan was 6.5 million people, of whom 2 million — every third resident — were mobilized to the front, and more than 500,000 died. He called the monument a symbol of the shared memory of the two peoples and thanked the participants in its installation. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the khokim of the Andijan region was presented with a capsule containing soil from Vitebsk; the participants laid flowers at the military memorial and the new memorial sign.