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In 2004 on the instruction of the Belorussian president reconstruction and restoration of the State memorial complex 'Khatyn' was held. It was planned as part of the work done for celebrating the 60th anniversary of liberation from German fascists. A social Labour Day took place on April 24, 2004. Traditionally the President of the Republic of Belarus took part in it.
On arrival to "Khatyn", the head of the state got acquainted with the reconstruction process in detail. He criticized the fact that it took so long to do the works and said they were supposed to be accelerated. The reconstruction had to be finished by July 3, he said. The president underlined the fact that if additional financing or some special help were necessary, the state was ready to render any kind of such assistance. A. Lukashenko also noted that only the best of the latest technologies were to be used here.
  
After examining the memorial complex, Alexander Lukashenko pointed to a number of other important details linked to a good arrangement of the whole territory. However, the reconstruction was not supposed to interfere with the general idea of the complex and its image was to be preserved, he added.
  
The reconstruction of the memorial "Khatyn" is the main part of a large-scale campaign aimed at renovation of historical monuments in Belarus. Today many of them need restoration badly. And it naturally requires financial funding. The president said that if the restoration is not done today, tomorrow it will cost twice as much.
During the Social Labour Day the Belorussian president and some other high standing officials together with common workers were covering with concrete the base and the steps of the area around the Eternal Fire of the memorial "Khatyn".
All funds raised during the republican Social Labour Day were assigned for the renovation of the Great Patriotic War monuments.
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