Memorial "Monument to soldiers-internationalists" opened on the initiative of the city club reserve soldiers "Memory" and mothers whose sons were killed in the Afghan war. The statue is very symbolic - on an island in the middle of p. Svislach. She'd seen a lot in the long history of Belarus grief and tears. That is why, the popular rumor dubbed him the "Island of Tears". Constitute the foundation of the monument figures grieving mothers. Some are holding icons, other - portraits sons. Mother, standing in front, are holding lamps, which symbolize the light and warmth of the hearth. These mothers are still hoping for the return of sons. Same standing behind, lost hope, frozen, petrified with grief and reincarnated in the Shrine of Remembrance, which is taken up by its dome in the high sky. Inside the monument - 4 altar with the names of 771 Afghan soldiers died. This Belarusians, natives of the Republic and those who are buried in the Belarusian land.