Patriarchic Exarch of All Belarus, Metropolitan Veniamin of Minsk and Zaslavl and Russian Presidential Aide, Chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society Vladimir Medinsky attend an unveiling ceremony of a memorial cross on a mass grave of Russian Imperial Army soldiers fallen during the World War I near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Minsk, Belarus.

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Flowers are placed at a memorial cross on a mass grave of Russian Imperial Army soldiers fallen during the World War I near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Minsk, Belarus.

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Cadets lay flowers at a memorial cross on a mass grave of Russian Imperial Army soldiers fallen during the World War I on the day it was unveiled, as Patriarchic Exarch of All Belarus, Metropolitan Veniamin of Minsk and Zaslavl stands nearby, near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Minsk, Belarus.

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Patriarchic Exarch of All Belarus, Metropolitan Veniamin of Minsk and Zaslavl lays flowers at a memorial cross on a mass grave of Russian Imperial Army soldiers fallen during the World War I on the day it was unveiled near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Minsk, Belarus.

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Russian Presidential Aide, Chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society Vladimir Medinsky lays flowers at a memorial cross on a mass grave of Russian Imperial Army soldiers fallen during the World War I on the day it was unveiled near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Minsk, Belarus.

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Patriarchic Exarch of All Belarus, Metropolitan Veniamin of Minsk and Zaslavl and Russian Presidential Aide, Chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society Vladimir Medinsky attend a blessing ceremony of a memorial cross on a mass grave of Russian Imperial Army soldiers fallen during the World War I near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Minsk, Belarus.

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From right, Russian Military Historical Society deputy chairman Nikolai Ovsiyenko and Russian Presidential Aide, Chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society Vladimir Medinsky attend a blessing ceremony of a memorial cross on a mass grave of Russian Imperial Army soldiers fallen during the World War I near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Minsk, Belarus.

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Russian Presidential Aide, Chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society Vladimir Medinsky attends a blessing ceremony of a memorial cross on a mass grave of Russian Imperial Army soldiers fallen during the World War I near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Minsk, Belarus.

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A view shows a memorial cross on a mass grave of Russian Imperial Army soldiers fallen during the World War I near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Minsk, Belarus.

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Patriarchic Exarch of All Belarus, Metropolitan Veniamin of Minsk and Zaslavl attends a blessing ceremony of a memorial cross on a mass grave of Russian Imperial Army soldiers fallen during the World War I near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Minsk, Belarus.

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Patriarchic Exarch of All Belarus, Metropolitan Veniamin of Minsk and Zaslavl and Russian Presidential Aide, Chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society Vladimir Medinsky attend a blessing ceremony of a memorial cross on a mass grave of Russian Imperial Army soldiers fallen during the World War I near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Minsk, Belarus.

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Russian Presidential Aide, Chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society Vladimir Medinsky, 3rd right, attends a blessing ceremony of a memorial cross on a mass grave of Russian Imperial Army soldiers fallen during the World War I near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Minsk, Belarus.

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Russian Military Historical Society deputy chairman Nikolai Ovsiyenko, Superior of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedra Archpriest Nikolai Korzhich and Russian Presidential Aide, Chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society Vladimir Medinsky attend a blessing ceremony of a memorial cross on a mass grave of Russian Imperial Army soldiers fallen during the World War I near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Minsk, Belarus.

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Russian Presidential Aide, Chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society Vladimir Medinsky speaks during a blessing ceremony of a memorial cross on a mass grave of Russian Imperial Army soldiers fallen during the World War I near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Minsk, Belarus.

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