{"id":163337,"date":"2025-11-07T22:01:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T19:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163337\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lukasenka-admits-soviet-era-public-holiday-not-too-popular","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163337\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka admits Soviet-era public holiday not too popular"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 7, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has acknowledged that only a minority of Belarusians honors the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, observed on November 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visiting the Homiel region\u2019s \u017dytkavi\u010dy district, \u0141uka\u0161enka said, \u201cThere are about 30 percent here who respect this holiday. We do not want any more revolutions, but there are people who have a positive attitude toward this holiday. So let them have it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an ok holiday. We have modernized it,\u201d the Belarusian ruler added, according to his press office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus remains the only former Soviet republic that observes the date as an official public holiday. It is also celebrated in Moldova\u2019s breakaway region of Transnistria, according to the state-run newspaper <em>SB. Belarus Segodnya<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/india_narendra_modi_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/india_narendra_modi_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/india_narendra_modi_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/india_narendra_modi_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/india_narendra_modi_1128x752-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/india_narendra_modi_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka reiterates invitation to India\u2019s PM to visit Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 4, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has met Indian Ambassador Ashok Kumar in Minsk and invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Belarus, his press office reports. The Belarusian ruler invited the Indian PM to visit on several earlier occasions &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/162895\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 7, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has acknowledged that only a minority of Belarusians honors the anniversary of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, observed on November 7. Visiting the Homiel region\u2019s \u017dytkavi\u010dy district, \u0141uka\u0161enka said, \u201cThere are about 30 percent here who respect this holiday. We do not want any more revolutions, but there are people who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":163334,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-163337","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka admits Soviet-era public holiday not too popular | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 7, Pozirk. 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