A. Lukashenko will open the "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" arts festival today

July 12, Vitebsk /Tatyana Polezhay - BELTA/. By tradition, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will open the International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk," the press service of the head of state informed BELTA. Today, Alexander Lukashenko will present the main award of "Slavianski Bazaar" - "Through Art to Peace and Mutual Understanding" - to People's Artist of Russia Lev Leshchenko on the stage of the Summer Amphitheater. In addition, People's Artist of Belarus Georgy Poplavsky and Russian poet Gleb Gorbovsky will be honored with the Union State Prizes in Literature and Art. The festival in Vitebsk will be held for the 21st time. This year, the program includes 75 events, the main ones of which will take place from July 12 to 18. Representatives of 28 countries will take part in the festival. Almost 400 media representatives, including more than a hundred foreign ones, have been accredited to cover the festive events. -0-