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After the liberation from German fascist invaders, the process of collectivization of the village began. It acquired its mass character in 1949. After the war, the village required a full reconstruction and in 1970s Ozery relieved its heyday. New school and rural club were built. Following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986, the construction of the housing for the migrants from the polluted area began. Today it’s a detached neighborhood, nicknamed ‘chernobyl  village’. In 2007 Ozery received the status of agro-town. In this regard, a general improvement of the whole town took place. These changes include the alteration of Lenin square, building of the new houses for the inhabitants and reconstruction of the local school.

The first world war or the war for the redivision of the world between the German – Austrian bloc and the Entente (Britain, France and the Russian Empire) began on 1 August 1914. Russia declared war on Germany, and five days later to Austria – Hungary. In the military campaign of 1915 the Germans directed the main attack of their armies against Russia. In this regard, in August the Western front was created  with its headquarters in Minsk. Belarus became the front line. In Ozery the mobilization of all men aged 18 to 45 years under penalty of death was declared.

In 1939 Ozery became part of the Byelorussian SSR, in 1940 it became the center of the village Council. In the same 1940 the main street was renamed, although the characteristic layout and direction of the streets have survived almost unchanged to the present day. In the center was a market square, which was dominated by the Church. From the square dispersed the streets: Grodnenskaya Street to Grodno, Skidelskaya Street to Skidel, Dvornaya street to the Zadub’e farm. In 1939 Grodnenskaya became the Soviet street, Skidelskaya – the street of the red army, Dvornaya became the Kirov street, the market square, which collected large fair became the Lenin square.

L. Walicki helped the rebels to arm themselves. After the uprising of 1863, the tsarist government took the decision to strengthen the position of the "Russian Church" in the North-Western territory, at the same time the construction of the existing Orthodox Church of the Holy spirit for 450 seats began. In 1867, a new parish Church was built in the centre of the village by order of the chief of the territory of count Mikhail N. Muravyov, and today it is an architectural monument of the Synod's directions in retrospect-Russian style.