As of January 1, 2016, 14.5 thousand WWII veterans live in Belarus, BELTA refers to the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection. 3.3 thousand veterans died in 2015 and 4.3 thousands – in 2014.
There are two Heroes of the Soviet Union who received the order during the Great Patriotic War in Minsk – Vasil Michuryn and Ivan Kustou.