Opened a special bank account " for the restoration of the monument of glory" in the village of Klyastitsy Rosson district . However, local authorities do not expect to collect the necessary amount from charitable donations to the bank account . They are counting on financial aid and the Union State of Russia .

Rosson local newspaper quoted the chairman of the village council Klyastitskogo Nikolai Khomenko, initiated the restoration of the monument, that " this is holy can become not only a symbol of victory in the 1812 war and the memory of posterity, but the hallmark of the area from the point of view of our historical heritage" .

Monument in Klyastitsy was the same as in Polotsk. According to historians , it is " an octagonal pyramid s gilded cross on top. The base of the monument is round, the average of the column decorated with eight bronze eagles . " And in Polotsk , although far from unanimous support Polochane this idea , a monument in honor of the War of 1812, was restored and opened in May 2010 .

Representatives of the democratic community of the city opposed the erection of the monument , which honored the memory of the Russian Empire . But the question is decided money : first and was declared a fundraiser , and in 2006 , the then chairman of the Polotsk City Executive Committee Vladimir Whetstone wrote to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia with a request to assist in the restoration of the monument.

The response was positive. Reconstruction funds have been spent , including to and from the Union budget - more than 4 billion rubles. The monument project " Heroes of the War of 1812 " in Polotsk was ready in August 2009 . Cast iron parts engaged in collective Polotsk plant of " techno- Polack ." Orlov , medals , large and eight small domes cast bronze sculpture at the Minsk plant. In 2010, the monument was unveiled and consecrated archbishop of Polotsk and Glubokoye Theodosius .

However, Rosson authorities believe that the first thing should restore the monument in Klyastitsy , as it took place here in what was then a significant battle stories . And hoping for financial assistance to the Belarusian and Russian state.

In 1857, by decree of the Russian Tsar Nicholas I in Klyastitsy monument was erected in honor of World War II. In July 1812 under Klyastitsy winning the battle took place , which resulted in the French army was cut way to St. Petersburg. The monument - a reminder of this battle was destroyed in 1939, it passed to scrap. However, the remains of the foundations remained, they were found Polotsk historians Alex and Andrew Buhovetskie . And this year, in early October, far from the memorial stone was laid with a sign that there was a monument - chapel.

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