Roads of Courage and Sorrow

A 7-day memorial and historical sightseeing tour of World War II sites in the Republic of Belarus. Duration: 7 days / 6 nights. Accommodation: Minsk, 4–5-star hotel (city center). Tour type: themed, sightseeing and memorial. Target audience: organized groups, war veterans and their families, school and student groups (16+), military history clubs, international tourists.

Day 1. Minsk — Hero City

Day theme: Start of the war. Occupation and liberation of the capital

Arrival in Minsk

• Group welcome at Minsk National Airport / railway station
• Transfer to 4–5-star hotel
• Hotel check-in (from 2:00 PM)

Lunch (at hotel restaurant or city restaurant with national cuisine) (paid separately in basic package)

City sightseeing tour “Minsk — Hero City”:

• Victory Square and Victory Monument
• Eternal Flame
• Independence Avenue — post-war reconstruction architecture
• Government Building
• Trinity Suburb (as a symbol of the city’s revival)

Visit to the Belarusian State Museum of the History of World War II

• One of Europe’s largest exhibitions
• Dioramas, documents, personal belongings of war participants

Dinner (paid separately in basic package)

Free time

Overnight in Minsk

Day 2. Tragedy of Civilians

Day theme: Genocide and mass destruction of civilian population

Breakfast at hotel

Guided tour:

• “Yama” Memorial Complex — site of extermination of Minsk ghetto prisoners
• “Masyukovshchina” Memorial — camp for Soviet prisoners of war
• Maly Trostinets — the largest Nazi extermination camp in the USSR territory

Lunch (paid separately in basic package)

Tour of the “Trostinets” memorial complex:

• “Gates of Memory”
• Shooting and cremation site
• Open-air exhibition

Return to Minsk

Dinner (paid separately in basic package)

Evening of remembrance (optional):

• meeting with historian / documentary film screening

Overnight accommodation

Day 3. Khatyn — Symbol of Belarus’s Sorrow

Day theme: Burned villages

Breakfast

Departure to “Khatyn” memorial complex (55 km):

• History of the tragedy of March 22, 1943
• “Unconquered Human” sculpture
• Cemetery of villages
• Wall of remembrance for concentration camp victims

Visit to Mound of Glory

• Symbol of Belarus’s liberation during Operation Bagration

Lunch at hotel restaurant (paid separately in basic package)

Free time

Dinner (paid separately in basic package)

Overnight accommodation

Day 4. Partisan Belarus

Day theme: Popular resistance

Breakfast

Tour of the “Stalin Line” memorial complex:

• Fortified regions
• Military equipment
• Reconstruction of defensive structures

Transfer to partisan sites in Minsk region:

• Partisan encampments
• Dugouts
• Stories of underground heroes

Lunch (field or themed meal) (paid separately in basic package)

Return to Minsk

Dinner (paid separately in basic package)

Overnight accommodation

Day 5. Brest — Heroism of the First Day of War

Day theme: Start of the war

Early breakfast / lunch box

Transfer to Brest (by train or bus)

City tour of Brest:

• Historic center
• Alley of Lights

Visit to “Brest Fortress — Hero” memorial complex:

• Fortress Gates
• “Courage” sculpture
• Mound of Glory
• Museum of the fortress defense

Lunch (paid separately in basic package)

Return to Minsk

Dinner (paid separately in basic package)

Overnight accommodation

Day 6. Liberation of Belarus

Day theme: Operation Bagration

Breakfast

Tour of Borisov / Lepel / Bobruysk (route of your choice):

• Sites of river crossings
• Fraternal burial grounds
• Memorials to liberators

Lunch (paid separately in basic package)

Return to Minsk

Dinner (paid separately in basic package)

• Tour summary and conclusion
• Presentation of commemorative certificates from BelDiscovery LLC

Overnight accommodation

Day 7. Departure

Breakfast

Room checkout

Transfer to airport / railway station

OPTIONAL:

• Wreath laying ceremonies
• Thematic lectures
• Adaptation for school groups