BACK IN THE USSR: Fury As Belarus Paints Over 100-Year-Old Church Fresco Of Polish Rout Of Red Army

Workers paint over the  fresco 'Miracle on the Vistula' in Soly, Belarus, in February, 2023.
It was painted over, causing Lukasz Jasina, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland to say 'We condemn the destruction of Polish cultural heritage in Belarus by Lukashenko's regime.'
Note: Private photo.  (Witek Korybut-Daszkiewicz/Newsflash) Workers paint over the fresco 'Miracle on the Vistula' in Soly, Belarus, in February, 2023. It was painted over, causing Lukasz Jasina, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland to say 'We condemn the destruction of Polish cultural heritage in Belarus by Lukashenko's regime.' Note: Private photo. (Witek Korybut-Daszkiewicz/Newsflash)
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03 March 2023
Poland has accused Belarus of cultural vandalism after a century-old fresco showing a historic Polish military rout of the Soviet Red Army was painted over. The painting - 'Miracle on the Vistula' - shows the Polish army driving out invading Bolshevik forces in the 1920 Battle of Warsaw. It...