Main Directorate of Ideology of the Ministry of Defence of Belarus  The Main Directorate of Ideology of the Ministry of Defence of Belarus (, ) is the military cultural and psychological service of the Republic of Belarus. It is a subdivision of the Ministry of Defence of Belarus and is operated by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus. The current head of the directorate is Colonel Leonid Kasinski. Since 2005, the official professional holiday of the directorate is celebrated on 15 December. Belarus was the first country among the Post-Soviet states where positions of military psychologists were introduced into the structural bodies of ideological work. Established on 20 February 2004, the Main Directorate of Ideology of the Ministry of Defence of Belarus conducts the following duties:  These duties have been regulated by the May 2006 order No. 344 “On Approval of the Provision on the Organization of Ideological Work in State Bodies of the Security System and the Prosecution Authorities” and order No. 134 from Minister of Defense Andrei Ravkov on 6 February 2015 "On approval of the Regulations on the main department of ideological work of the Ministry of Defense". In work with personnel, forces and means are used that are directly subordinate to the head department of ideological work:   For the implementation of its information needs, the department controls the following subordinate agencies:   The Directorate for Perpetuating the Memory of Defenders of the Fatherland and Victims of Wars of the Armed Forces is directly subordinate to the head department of ideological work. As part of the patriotic education of citizens of the Republic of Belarus, the department often interacts with: