Preparations for the festivities for the Republic Day have been discussed at the extending meeting of President of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov with the heads of the ministries and agencies.
Jhanna Zasseeva has presented information on the program prepared by the organizing committee for celebrations.
According to her, the celebrations will begin tomorrow - in the secondary and higher educational institutions will be conducted the history lessons. The history of state formation of South Ossetia will be told by the politicians and public figures who took an active part in this process.
Zasseeva has added that September 19 will be opened several socially significant facilities in the Republic.
"On the same day in Tskhinval will be held a solemn meeting dedicated to the Republic Day. The village of Khetagurovo (Tskhinval district) will host an ethnographic festival "The Ancestral Heritage", "- said Zasseeva.
September 20 at the Theater Square of Tskhinval will take place a military parade.
"Then the festivities will begin. Ministry of Culture is preparing its own program. On the same day the opening of the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in South Ossetia will take place, as well as the exhibition "Ossetia - Slovakia: the eyes, turned to the future."
In addition, on September 20 a presidential reception will also be held, "- said Zasseeva.
She has added that the celebrations will be completed with fireworks.
Leonid Tibilov, in turn, appealed to everybody to take an active part in these events.
"This is one of the most important dates for us. We should all remember this and do not forget our history,"- underlined the president.
