It was not in vain.
I don't remember if it snowed that day. That's probably the only thing that slipped from my memory. I remember all the rest for ten years. It will always be marked "as if it was yesterday". December 19, 2010. It’s the birthday of the Belarusian revolution.
No, of course, everything started much earlier. The first mass procession to Kurapaty was held in 1988. Water cannons dispersed it. Then there was Charnobylski Shliah-1996," when protesters overturned police cars. Then there was the Freedom March-1999, when, to protect themselves against possible attacks of law enforcers, Belarusians dismantled the stone steps near the Gorky Park. There was Ploshcha-2006 with its tent camp, which lasted for three days.