WWII

3 12, 2025

The Russian House in Brussels Honoured the Memory of the Fallen on the Day of the Unknown Soldier

2025-12-04T11:41:36+01:00December 3rd, 2025|Categories: History Club, Our Compatriots, Russian House News, Victory80|Tags: , , , , , |

Today, on 3 December, the Day of the Unknown Soldier, staff of the Russian House in Brussels laid flowers at the monument to Soviet citizens who died in Belgium, located at the Brussels Cemetery. The Day of the Unknown Soldier is a commemorative date marked annually in Russia on 3 December in honour of Russian and Soviet servicemen who fell in combat both on the territory of the country and beyond its borders. The date was established in memory of the transfer in 1966 of the remains of an unknown soldier to the Alexander Garden near the Kremlin Wall — [...]

23 05, 2025

Сommemorative evening “The Liberation of Belorussia”

2025-06-10T10:02:48+02:00May 23rd, 2025|Categories: , , , , , , |Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

We are pleased to invite you to a commemorative evening in partnership with the Embassies of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation in the Kingdom of Belgium. This event is to mark the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War and the 80st  anniversary of the Great Victory. We will be screening the documentary film 'The Liberation of Belarus' from the series 'The Unknown War' (USA, USSR, 1978). The Soviet-American documentary series 'The Unknown War' (The Unknown War) consists of 20 episodes. The screenplay was written by Burt Lancaster (USA), [...]

16 05, 2025

Russian Compatriots in Brussels Commemorated the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War in Genk

2025-06-20T16:12:28+02:00May 16th, 2025|Categories: History Club, Our Compatriots, Victory80, With Russian Roots|Tags: , , , , , |

On May 10th, at the cemetery in Genk, Limburg Province, Belgium, Russian compatriots organized a memorial event dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The ceremony included the laying of flowers at the graves of Soviet soldiers who died during World War II and the “Immortal Regiment” march. The event was supported by the Russian House in Brussels. The ceremony was attended by the Director of the Russian House, V.G. Bunina, diplomats from the Russian Embassy in Belgium, as well as members of the Russian community and local residents of Genk. During the ceremony, participants [...]

13 05, 2025

Director of the Russian House in Brussels Took Part in the Victory Day Commemoration Ceremony

2025-06-20T16:12:29+02:00May 13th, 2025|Categories: History Club, Our Compatriots, Victory80, With Russian Roots|Tags: , , , , , , , |

On May 9, 2025, the Director of the Russian House in Brussels took part in a solemn ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. On this day, the Ambassador of Russia to Belgium, A.A. Tokovinin, together with the Acting Permanent Representative of Russia to the European Union, K.K. Malayan, and heads of diplomatic missions from CIS countries, laid flowers at the memorials to Soviet citizens who died in the liberation of Belgium, as well as to members of the Belgian Resistance. The ceremony was held at the cemetery in the Brussels commune of Evere. It [...]

12 05, 2025

Russian House in Brussels Commemorates Fallen Soldiers at Ixelles Cemetery

2025-06-20T16:12:29+02:00May 12th, 2025|Categories: History Club, Our Compatriots, Russian House News, Victory80, With Russian Roots|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Brussels, May 8, 2025 — On Victory Day, representatives of the Russian House in Brussels laid flowers at Ixelles Cemetery, where Soviet soldiers who died in Belgium during the First and Second World Wars are buried. The annual ceremony symbolizes gratitude and remembrance for those who gave their lives in the fight for freedom and peace in Europe. A special guest at the ceremony was Liliane Maroutaeff, daughter of Yury Maroutaev, a member of the Belgian Resistance. His first wife was Marina Shafroff-Maroutaeva, a heroic figure of the Russian émigré community in Belgium. Marina Shafroff-Maroutaeva, daughter of a naval engineer [...]

9 05, 2025

Round Table Brought Together Researchers and Descendants of Resistance Members

2025-06-20T16:12:29+02:00May 9th, 2025|Categories: Exhibitions, History Club, Our Compatriots, Russian House News, Victory80, With Russian Roots|Tags: , , , , , , , |

On 6 May, the Russian House in Brussels hosted an international round table dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The event focused on the heroic and united struggle of the peoples of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and the Soviet Union against Nazism, as well as on the challenges of preserving historical memory in the 21st century. The event brought together prominent historians, researchers, local historians, representatives of academic institutions, and descendants of members of the anti-fascist movement. The discussion centred on both well-known and lesser-studied chapters of the Resistance in Western Europe, in which [...]

28 04, 2025

Ossetian Culture Days in Belgium: A Dialogue of Traditions, Art, and Memory

2025-06-20T16:12:30+02:00April 28th, 2025|Categories: Exhibitions, History Club, Meet Russia, Russian House News, Victory80|Tags: , , |

On April 18, the Russian House in Brussels hosted the grand opening of the Days of Ossetian Culture — an annual cultural forum organized by the International Non-Profit Association "Renaissance-Sandidzan" (Belgium), which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. The event took on special significance in the context of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, becoming a space for remembrance, creativity, and cultural exchange. The event opened with a round table discussion addressing intercultural dialogue, cooperation prospects, and the role of art in overcoming political and ideological barriers. As the head of the association, Radion Pukhaev, [...]

25 04, 2025

ONLINE exhibition: The Resistance Movement in Belgium During World War II: Heroes, Memory, History (RU)

2025-05-11T20:32:02+02:00April 25th, 2025|Categories: , , , , , , |Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Welcome to the online exhibition "Russian heroes of the European Resistance during the Second World War". This exhibition is prepared by The Solzhenitsyn House of Russia Abroad (Moscow) and tells the stories of those who risked their lives to resist the Nazi occupation in Belgium and Europe. These individuals, whose names often remain in the shadows, played a decisive role in preserving freedom and humanity in the face of tyranny. Through archival materials and personal stories, we journey back to the years of World War II, remembering the value of freedom and the importance of unity in the fight against [...]

28 03, 2025

Russia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg: Sharing the Memory of the Fight Against Nazism

2025-05-23T15:52:28+02:00March 28th, 2025|Categories: , , , , , |Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, we are gathered around a round table to talk about important and dear pages of our common history - about the struggle that the Belgians, the Dutch and the Luxembourgers, together with the peoples of Russia and other republics of the Soviet Union, waged in solidarity against the brown plague of the twentieth century. In spite of thousands of researches on this terrible war and the many decades that separate us from it, new names and new information about long, seemingly forgotten events continue to emerge. [...]

17 05, 2024

A flower laying ceremony was held at the Memorial Cemetery in Ixelles, Brussels

2025-06-20T16:13:26+02:00May 17th, 2024|Categories: History Club, Our Compatriots, Russian House News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

A flower laying ceremony was held at the Ixelles Memorial Cemetery in Brussels on May 8, 2024. There are graves of Russian participants of the resistance movement of Belgium. Among them is the grave of "Belgian Joan of Arc" Marina Alexandrovna Shafrova-Marutayeva.On December 8, 1941 in the center of Brussels еhere was an assassination attempt on a high-ranking Nazi officer Major Kruge,  the assailant escaped. The Germans, infuriated by such audacity, took hostages and demanded that the killer surrender. Upon learning of this, Marina confessed to her husband and decided to surrender, but on the way she wounded another German officer. [...]

2 10, 2020

Marina Shafrova-Marutaeva – The Russian Heroine of the Belgian Resistance: A Memorial Evening in Brussels

2025-06-20T16:13:51+02:00October 2nd, 2020|Categories: History Club, Our Compatriots, Victory80|Tags: , , , , , |

At the Russian House in Brussels, an evening was held in memory of Marina Shafrova-Marutaeva, a Russian noblewoman who became a heroine of the Belgian Resistance during World War II. She went down in history as the "Belgian Joan of Arc" for her bravery and selfless fight against the Nazis. In 1941, she attacked a German officer, for which she was arrested, but she managed to escape. Later, she actively assisted the Resistance, participating in sabotage operations and rescuing prisoners of war. After the war, she devoted herself to literature, leaving behind memoirs of her heroic deeds. The evening featured [...]

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