OREANDA-NEWS. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to the personnel of the Zvyazdanewspaper which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first issue.

«Founded in the difficult time of shocks and changes in August 1917, the Zvyazdanewspaper has become a true chronicle of Belarus’ social life,» the head of state remarked. «Its history is inseparably connected with the history of Belarus and our people. The newspaper speaks to the hearts of our people in the Belarusian language.»

The message of greetings reads that the Zvyazdanewspaper was published even during the Great Patriotic War. The newspaper was published by Minsk underground fighters, then on the partisan Zyslov island.