This was reported to BelTA by the museum.

worked at the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War

for more than 20 years , 9 of them are deputy directors for scientific work.

, the previous director of the Yanka Kupala Literary Museum,

was fired on January 5.

The reason for Lyashkovich's resignation was politics - the ex-director refused to dismiss her employees for political reasons.

Elena Lyashkovich managed the activities of the Yanka Kupala Literary Museum for 15 years.

During this time, new expositions have been created in museums and branches, one of the first in Belarus to start using multimedia in the exhibition space.

In total, more than 300 politically motivated dismissals in the field of culture are known.

A number of people were forced to leave Belarus.

The Great Patriotic War is a Soviet term that refers to the period from June 22, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It includes the period of World War II from the time of Germany's attack on the Soviet Union.

The Museum of the Second World War in Minsk presents the Soviet view of the events of that war.