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Meeting of the honourable visitors


May 10, 2005 Alexander Iv. Kozyrev together with some instructors of BRPU Of Jiu-jitsu and self-defense and close people has met of the honourable visitors: Hanshi Richard N. Reynolds, Founder of International Bushido Society (IBS), Founder of school of White Wind Wen Wu, 9 Dan also his assistant Ralph Kemp at the National airport of Republic of Belarus. After long expectation of meeting at the airport, and also burst of emotions, hand shakes and embraces of the people "not seeing more than 10 years", the visitors with simple interest and immeasurable curiosity have begun to admire beauty of a green Belarus. To tell and to show a Belarus, what it is actually - quiet, prospering - one of the main tasks Alexander Iv. Kozyrev for acceptance of the honourable visitors.


The excursion on Belarus began from visiting of Kurgan of Glory. It, as well as other memorial complexes (Hatyn, Brest fortress), — symbols of our country. Their visiting is included into the obligatory program practically of any foreign delegation. "In consciousness of the people, especially young, should borrow a strong place of idea of our national originality, our historical victories and heroes. First of all in Great Domestic war ... ", — words of the President of Republic of Belarus Alexander G. Lukashenko in the message to Parliament.


Minsk - capital of Republic a Belarus. The excursion on Minsk very strongly has impressed the foreign visitors. May 10 was in the first afternoon after holidays devoted 60 years to a Great Victory above fascist Germany. The city was very clean and looked festively, with ornaments and colourful reminders on a Great Victory. The streets were filled smiling of urbans.


In honour of the honourable visitors the Chairman of BRPU of Jiu-jitsu and self-defense Alexander Kozyrev has given dinner in cosy restaurant. During dinner many questions concerning forthcoming competitions, certification, seminar, and also past excursion in some memorable places of Republic of Belarus were discussed.


Alexander Iv. Kozyrev and Richard N. Reynolds together with meeting have visited a memorial complex "Hatyn" - symbol Tragedies of the Byelorussian people, mournful page Histories of times of Great Domestic war. In memory of the Belarus, which has lost 2230000 inhabitants, - everyone fourth - in 1969 on a place burnt together with the inhabitants of village Hatyn was building Memorial complex, in which the idea of courage and spirit of the people which has brought incalculable victims in a name of a Victory is embodied.


Richard N. Reynolds and Ralph Kemp know very much from a history of the Byelorussian people. They were struck, as the people store a history, and also were surprised with constant inflow of the people of different age in a memorial complex, that remember memory of the lost people.