View of Kurapaty forest, in Minsk district, located just north of current Minsk beltway (MKAD), is a mass burial site of victims of great purges in BSSR in 1937-1941. In this picture one can see also the memorial bench which was presented by president William Clinton to the people of Belarus in 15th of January 2001. The original bench was damaged by some vandals but, after reparations, a more robust version of this bench was rededicated year later (2002).