Editing Pyotr Masherov (section)

=== War memorialisation ===
As First Secretary and a former partisan leader, Masherov supported a policy of memorialising the Second World War and Belarusian partisans. Under Masherov's rule, numerous monuments to the partisans were constructed, such as the [[Mound of Glory]], the memorial to the [[Khatyn massacre]], and the Breakthrough monument. According to [[Zair Azgur]], Masherov himself drafted the first design of the Mound of Glory. Masherov was also responsible for making the Belarusian contributions to the Soviet war effort more well-known across the Soviet Union. He successfully pushed for [[Brest Fortress]] and [[Minsk]] to be awarded the title of [[Hero City (Soviet Union)|Hero City]] despite reservations from Soviet leadership.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ioffe|first=Emmanuel|title=From Myasnikov to Malofeyev: the Rulers of the BSSR|year=2008|location=Minsk|pages=140–141}}</ref>