National holidays in Belarus are classified into state holidays and other holidays and commemorative days, including religious holidays. Nine of them are non-working days.[1]
Дзень яднання народаў Беларусі i Расii (Dzień jadnańnia narodaŭ Biełarusi i Rasii)
Second Sunday of May
State Flag and State Emblem Day
Дзень Дзяржаўнага Сцяга i Дзяржаўнага Герба (Dzień Dziaržaŭnaha Sciaha i Dziaržaŭnaha Hierba)
17 September
National Unity Day
День народного единства
Commemorative and remembrance days[]
Date
English Name
Local Name
Remarks
15 February
Afghan War Veterans Day
Дзень памяці воінаў-інтэрнацыяналістаў (Dzień pamiaci voinaŭ-internacyjanalistaŭ)
It commermorates the end of the Soviet-Afghan War.
26 April
Chernobyl tragedy commemorative day
Dzień čarnobylskaj trahiedyji
22 June
Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Great Patriotic War
Дзень усенароднай памяці ахвяр Вялікай Айчыннай вайны (Dzień usienarodnaj pamiaci achviar Vialikaj Ajčynnaj vajny)
In solemn remembrance of all the victims of the Second World War, and in commemoration of the heroic last stand of Brest Fortress in 1941, on the very country and city (Brest) in which the Eastern Front began.