Bridge to the Island of Tears over the Svislach River in Minsk (Belarus)

"This Temple and Memorial was erected to the Sons who died in Afghanistan on the instruction of Belarusian mothers who want no evil to reign in their native land or in any other land”.

Inscription on the monument

at the Island of Tears

Bridge to the Island of Tears over Svislach River in Minsk (Belarus)

Yo no deseo mármol...,monumento
que a la ambición la vanidad levanta:
manto suntuoso con que el necio orgullo cubre su nada;
no darán sus emblemas a mi nombre
el falso orgullo ni la gloria vana;
lo que yo quiero, lo que solo pido
es una lágrima.

Lord Byron