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The seventh branch is opened by the Interregional Public Organization for the Promotion of the Study and Operation of Military Equipment "Military Technical Society". This time in fraternal Belarus. Activists from the city of Bereza in the Brest region of the republic have participated many times in armor runs and other events together with their friends from the Military Technical Society and in the near future, they will become its full-fledged branch.
Members of the future branch of the Military-Technical Society in the city of Bereza, Brest region of the Republic of Belarus participated in the rally to places of military glory and graves of the Great Patriotic War "Belarus-Russia-2017", in the International armored race "Road of Courage" in 2017, 2018, as representatives of the participating city. In 2022, a delegation from the Berezovsky district of the Brest region took part in the fifth anniversary armored run "The Road of Courage", dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the Battle of Smolensk on the route Moscow-Rzhev-Vyazma-Smolensk-Bryansk-Ludinovo-village Petrishchevo-Moscow. During this armored run, which traditionally takes place using demilitarized equipment, the Birch collective decided to open a regional branch of the Military Technical Society in the Republic of Belarus.
"Our history began in 2010, when the museum of the military glory of the Berezovsky garrison units was opened on the basis of the Berezovsky district Military Commissariat - the first such museum in the Brest region. We were united by love for our native land, knowledge of its history, and of course the desire to direct our efforts to form an objective attitude of society to the historical past, to preserve and strengthen the unity of the peoples of Russia and Belarus, - says the head of the future branch of the Military-Technical Society in the city of Bereza, Brest region of the Republic of Belarus Evgeny Skvortsov. - We believe that patriotism is really the strongest thing. But only if the truth is behind it. The truth is the weapon of patriotism.
Today, the participants of the department are a close–knit team of like-minded people, people with an active civic life position. The opening of a new branch is another step towards the formation of patriotism and patriotic education of young people, as well as the development of the Military–Technical Society as an interregional organization of the Union State of Russia and Belarus."
Thanks to the joint work with the Berezovsky district Executive Committee, the military units of the Berezovsky garrison, the organization's branch annually accepts
participation in military, military-patriotic and spiritual-moral events.
During a personal reception of citizens, the Governor of the Brest region, Yuri Shuleyko, supported the initiative of Berezov residents to create a Military-Technical Society unit in the region.
The interregional public organization for the Promotion of the Study and Operation of Military Equipment "Military-Technical Society" was created as a union of like-minded people from Russia and Belarus who are passionate about the study and restoration of military equipment of the Soviet period. During its six-year history, the organization twice entered the Russian Book of Records, for the longest run made in peacetime on military equipment, as well as for crossing the Kerch Strait on amphibious armored vehicles. In addition, the Military Technical Society became the only civilian organization allowed to participate in the May 9 Parade on its own equipment (the Victory Parade in Kaliningrad in 2019, and in St. Petersburg in 2022). To date, the organization has more than 40 units of unique equipment on its balance sheet – from the first serial Soviet armored personnel carrier BTR-40 to ZIL 49061 "Blue Bird" (a rare car designed to rescue astronauts after landing in hard-to-reach conditions). Anyone who shares the views of the organization can become a member of the Military Technical Society, first of all, the love of Russian military history and the desire to study Russian and Soviet armored vehicles. Interregional public organization for the promotion of the study and operation of military Equipment "Military-Technical Society".
