{"id":205032,"date":"2026-09-24T15:04:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/205032\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T15:04:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:04:56","slug":"more-than-22000-children-spent-summer-vacations-in-belarus-military-patriotic-camps-this-year","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/205032\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 22,000 children spent summer vacations in Belarus\u2019 military patriotic camps this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 24, <\/strong><strong><em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> More than 22,000 children spent summer vacations in military-patriotic camps this year, said a high-ranking ideology official at a news conference in Minsk on September 24. Most of them are socially vulnerable children, according to Alaksandar Caj, of the National Center for Children\u2019s Recuperation and Health Resort Treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opponents of the government expressed concern that children at military-patriotic camps are subjected to pro-Russian indoctrination and receive military instruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caj said that children in the camps were told stories about Belarusian statesmen, athletes and the leaders of public associations and taught \u201cto achieve success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children were also lectured on Belarus\u2019 achievements and taken to big enterprises and World War II monuments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In all, more than 400,000 children spent vacations in summer camps this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/deti-lukashenko-igrushki-POZ-286x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/deti-lukashenko-igrushki-POZ-286x236.jpg 286w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/deti-lukashenko-igrushki-POZ-594x490.jpg 594w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/deti-lukashenko-igrushki-POZ.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> The Viewer<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">The Viewer<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Loyalist factory: a generation with \u201cblack-and-white\u201d thinking being shaped in Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Militarization, the revision of history and Russification are key trends shaping Belarus\u2019 education system. Some observers say these changes could radically alter mentality, while others argue the trend is reversible. Militarization from kindergarten In Belarus, military-patriotic education has long ceased &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/longreads\/188249\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 24, Pozirk. More than 22,000 children spent summer vacations in military-patriotic camps this year, said a high-ranking ideology official at a news conference in Minsk on September 24. Most of them are socially vulnerable children, according to Alaksandar Caj, of the National Center for Children\u2019s Recuperation and Health Resort Treatment. Opponents of the government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-205032","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>More than 22,000 children spent summer vacations in Belarus\u2019 military patriotic camps this year | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 24, Pozirk. 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