BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

07/11/2007

Belarus, Moldova marking 90th anniversary since revolution of Oct 1917

MINSK, November 7 (Itar-Tass) - At least two countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States, Belarus and Moldova, will officially mark the 90th anniversary since the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917.

Belarus is the only country where November 7 /October 25 under the Julian calendar that was in effect in the former Russian Empire when the revolution took place/ is still a national holiday and a day off work.

President Alexander Lukashenko congratulated fellow countrymen on the occasion of the date.

"The victory of the October Revolution turned the dream of generations of Belarussian people into reality - we got an independent state that is open to friendly powers," Lukashenko said.

He indicated that this country follows its own identical path of development today, creating all the material benefits with its own hands, mind and talent.

In a special ceremony timed for the date, the president will open two new stations of Minsk metro, Borisovsky Trakt and Uruchye, thus bringing the total number of metro stations here to 25.

Tuesday, an international conference of Communist and workers parties was held in Minsk. It brought together delegations of 70 parties from about 60 countries.

In Moldova, President Vladimir Voronin, who represents the ruling Communist Party, and high government officials will lay flowers to the monument to Vladimir Lenin, who led the Bolshevik forces in the revolution of 1917.

"Nowadays Communists must be able to draw a line between the genuine heritage of the October Revolution and the heinous legacy that is ascribed to it," he said Tuesday as he addressed a gala meeting dedicated to the date.

"A willingness to live in a world of justice that will be free of poverty and lawlessness provokes and ever increasing counteraction on the part of newly minted oppressors and masters of life, but we've proved that our advance can continue," Voronin said.

About 2,000 invitees, including cabinet members and MPs took part in the gala meeting where Voronin spoke as chairman of the Communist Party.

Source:

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=12042629&PageNum=0

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