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Minsk museum hosting exhibition on occasion of Battle of Grunwald anniversary

An exhibition opened at the National History Museum in Minsk on Tuesday on the occasion of 600 years since the Battle of Grunwald, BelaPAN reports.

The battle took place on July 15, 1410 with the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Litva beating the knights of the Teutonic Order.

Organized by the Lithuanian embassy, the exhibition features materials about the battle and its historic importance.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Giedrius Granickas, the diplomatic mission's second secretary, said that the exhibits had been prepared by Lithuania's Museum of Art in cooperation with the Lithuanian foreign ministry and the Warsaw National Museum. He described the month-long exhibition as a "tribute to our friends, colleagues, brothers in arms who stood under one and the same banner 600 years ago."

"The Battle of Grunwald victory is our common victory, our common history and memory," he said, adding that the military triumph was the result of "trust, neighborly relations and understanding," which are the basis of present-day relations between Belarus and Lithuania.

The exhibition was displayed in Moscow and will also be shown in Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Ukraine.