More than 300,000 residents of the Vitebsk region took part in the republican subbotnik
This year, the republican subbotnik coincided with the final day of the voluntary campaign "Forest Week". The staff of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, led by Chairman Alexander Subbotin, supported the invitation of the forestry association and took part in "Forest Week – 2023", dedicated to the Year of Peace and Creation.
Representatives of the regional executive committee familiarized themselves with the work of the trading platform of the Vitebsk State Production Forestry Association "Lesnoy Domik" for the sale of wood products, in Beshenkovichi Forestry they learned about the operation of equipment and the technology for clearing logging sites from logging residues, soil preparation, creation and care of forest crops, and visited the woodworking shop of Beshenkovichi Forestry.
– Maintaining order in our own home is the duty of every person, and Belarus is our home. Today, the team members are working on landscaping the city, improving memorable places, and construction sites. I am personally glad that today I have the opportunity to visit the forest and plant trees, – noted Alexander Subbotin.
– The funds raised from the subbotnik – approximately 1 million 300 thousand rubles – will be used for the construction or improvement of a landmark for Belarusians. Forestry is one of the most successful sectors in the country. According to Russian colleagues, we have not only preserved the Soviet experience but also enhanced it. The care for forest stands is maintained at a high level, logging is carried out in a timely manner, and deadlines are met.
On a plot of 3.9 hectares prepared for reforestation in the Beshenkovichi forestry, employees of the regional executive committee planted pines and birches grown in the local forest nursery.
This year, the "Forest Week" campaign is being held for the 16th time. Its main goals are the conservation and enhancement of forests, and drawing attention to the solution of nationwide tasks in strengthening the ecological, economic, and social role of forests, as explained in the regional executive committee.
Every year, more and more residents of the region join the campaign. Last year, there were over 9.5 thousand people, and the number of participants in this year's campaign has reached a record high of 11.5 thousand. According to preliminary results of "Forest Week – 2023", volunteers, with the assistance of forestry workers of Vitebsk region, have already planted over 3.5 million forest plants on a total area of over 650 hectares. Thanks to the efforts of enthusiasts, about 200 cubic meters of garbage have been removed along forest roads, over 50 military burial sites and 20 recreation areas have been improved, and about 30 memorial alleys have been established in honor of the Year of Peace and Creation.
The administration of Pervomaisky district and the education department are already working in the Park of the 1000th Anniversary of Vitebsk – laying tiles, planting trees, painting light poles, and carrying out landscaping work.
As part of the republican subbotnik, work collectives of the power grids and a military unit are cleaning the river floodplain near the bridge on Galitsky Street in Gorodok.
Under the leadership of Roman Kolts, Deputy Chairman of the Gorodok District Executive Committee, representatives of the work collectives of the district gas supply, centers for the disposal of aviation weapons and for the provision of budget organizations, the forestry, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the nature resources inspectorate, and cultural institutions are improving the children's park and creating an open-air boulder museum.
Work is in full swing to tidy up the area near the Vitebsk Concert Hall. Representatives of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, the regional executive committee's architecture committee, and Construction Trust No. 9 of Vitebsk are working on landscaping the territory.
As part of the republican subbotnik, employees of the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Natural Resources, together with representatives of enterprises and organizations, worked at 23 sites in the Vitebsk region.
About 1.8 thousand trees and shrubs were planted, and territories of water object banks, settlements, and memorial complexes were cleaned up.
For example, garbage was removed from the coastal strip of Lake Zelenenskoye in the Liozno district, and trees and shrubs were planted at the memorial complexes "Kupovat" (Sennensky district) and "Vishenki" (Chashniksky district).
Employees of the regional committee for natural resources and environmental protection, students of the Koptskaya basic school named after Hero of the Soviet Union G. Grigoriev, and representatives of the housing and communal services enterprise of the Vitebsk region worked on improving the military memorial named after Lenin Komsomol in the agro-town of Kopty. More than 60 trees were planted.
From early morning, workers of the Dokshitsy district executive committee, led by Chairman Oleg Kovalenok, were improving the territory of the "Khodorovka" memorial complex, where 800 people were shot during the war, including Italians and prisoners of the fascist concentration camp "Liborovskshchina". Local authorities took patronage over the memorial complex four years ago.
“According to a long-standing tradition, representatives of authorities, labor collectives, public organizations, youth, and all other concerned people take part in the spring cleanup. These are necessary and very important deeds, because our land is our common home,” emphasized the Deputy Chairman of the Dokshitsy District Executive Committee, Oksana Polochinina. “In Khodorovka, the territory was cleared of garbage, branches, and leaves, and work was done on cutting down shrubbery, whitewashing trees, and other types of landscaping.”
Youth tidied up military graves, monuments of the Great Patriotic War, and places of military glory. According to the deputy chairman, these works began on "Clean Thursday," the day before the subbotnik. Thus, together with the youth wing, public associations, veterans, and trade unions worked in the village of Krasnoye Berezino.
– Local residents improved the yards of residential apartment buildings and playgrounds. For example, young families began painting children's equipment in the park on Pionerskaya Street in Dokshitsy, – added Oksana Eduardovna.
Parks, the city stadium, and streets were not left unattended, where townspeople, employees of enterprises, and organizations jointly cleared dry leaves and sand from sidewalks, making the city cleaner and more beautiful.
To make Lepel region well-groomed and beautiful – this goal was set by 7.3 thousand participants of the republican subbotnik.
This year's traditional event saw an unprecedented number of employees from enterprises, institutions, organizations, youth, schoolchildren and college students, and residents of the district center and settlements participating. Some worked at their regular jobs, while 80% of the participants improved adjacent territories, parks, public gardens, memorial sites, and graves, especially since the subbotnik is held on the eve of Radunitsa. This is a good support for the local authorities in tidying up their small homeland, emphasized the chairman of the Lepel District Executive Committee, Mikhail Kiselevich.
The construction project of the day was the sports and recreation center with a swimming pool in Lelele. Men from the district executive committee lent a hand to the builders, pouring concrete floors and pool basins. Both adults and children are eagerly awaiting the commissioning of the sports and recreation center by the end of the year. This is a landmark facility for the city, noted the chairman of the district executive committee, as the sports and recreation center will provide an opportunity to swim in the pool, engage in various sports, and receive numerous health treatments.
Workers of the district executive committee, district council, tax and financial services cleared the city park near Lake Lepel'skoye of garbage and foliage. The coastal areas of this reservoir and Lake Svyatoye were also attended to, as they are located within the city limits where Lepel residents like to relax. Attention was paid to the landscaping of green zones at the entrances to the district center, with representatives from the district gas service, water utility, and security department joining in. Old cemeteries, Georgievskoye and Pokrovskoye, were not forgotten, where workers from MKK, a branch of ZAO "Vitebskagropodukt", and others worked. For garbage removal, organizations allocated an additional 10 units of equipment. Together with employees of sanatoriums, the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, and communal services, local residents took an active part in tidying up the agro-towns of Borovka, Zaslonovo, Domzheritsy, and Bobrovo.
On this day, over 30 thousand rubles were earned and transferred to the subbotnik fund.
In the Liozno district, the Forest Week was concluded with a subbotnik and the planting of fir trees for a New Year's plantation.
As part of the Republican Subbotnik, the leadership of the Senno district was engaged in the landscaping of a memorial sign to fallen countrymen in the village of Litousovo.
In the Miory district, representatives of labor collectives, schoolchildren, and all concerned residents of the district improved the territories of settlements, military burial sites, monuments of military glory, recreation areas, and roadside strips, engaged in street greening, and planted forests.
The leading staff of Gluboksky district, as part of the republican subbotnik dedicated to the Year of Peace and Creation, took part in landscaping and tidying up the churchyard of the Berezvech Women's Monastery in honor of the Archangel Michael.
The leadership of Tolochinsky district is taking part in the improvement of the city center. Work is underway to lay the foundation for the installation of a tower clock, landscaping the territory, updating benches and fences, and whitewashing trees.
In Chashniksky district, according to preliminary data, more than 7 thousand people took part in the subbotnik.
Residents of Novopolotsk cleaned and improved their city during the subbotnik.
Braslav district joined the republican subbotnik.
In Verkhnedvinsk district, the city park became the central object of improvement during this year's subbotnik.
In Postavy, cultural workers and the district executive committee worked in the city park today as part of the republican subbotnik.
In Beshenkovichi, as part of the republican subbotnik, local residents planted over 200 trees in the area of Uritsky and Molodezhnaya streets.
About 500 residents of Polotsk came out to clean up the park at the foot of the Mound of Immortality. Igor Markovich, Chairman of the Polotsk District Executive Committee, set the tone for the work: "What could be better than when everyone cheerfully and amicably comes out together to the grounds of their beloved city to tidy up the places where city residents and guests like to relax. Polotsk residents have an active civic stance, always participate in all events for improvement and landscaping. Today alone, over 27 thousand Polotsk residents are participating in the subbotnik."
Paths were improved, lighting was restored, trees were pruned, leaves were raked, and garbage was removed – there was work for everyone.
Residents of Ushachi district also worked actively at the subbotnik. For example, employees of the Glybocan rural House of Culture, Glybocan library, and music school planted two alleys: of fir trees and pines, brought in soil, mulched flower beds, and sowed annuals.
A decorative well was installed on the territory adjacent to the House of Culture.
A representative labor contingent, following tradition, landed at the "Breakthrough" memorial complex on the day of the republican subbotnik.
Over 42 thousand residents of the Orsha region participated in the Republican Subbotnik.
Together with them, the Chairman of the Orsha District Executive Committee Igor Isachenko and the Chairman of the Orsha District Council of Deputies Anatoly Silchenko, deputy chairmen of the district executive committee, collectives of structural divisions of the district executive committee, and district services actively worked.
The main object for improvement was the Mound of Immortality in Heroes' Park. Trees were planted here, last year's foliage was removed, and small architectural forms, curbs, and equipment were painted.
In Dubrovno, a linden grove was planted on the subbotnik in honor of the Year of Peace and Creation. Where there was previously a wasteland, there is now a linden grove in honor of the Year of Peace and Creation. 100 tree saplings, symbolizing cordiality and love, were planted during the republican subbotnik on Kondratyev Street in Dubrovno. A little further away, an alley of birch trees is already adorning the area.
In Polotsk, the main work within the framework of the subbotnik took place at the Upper Castle. The teachers and students of the cadet school will move here in September.
In the meantime, today they gladly tidied up. With the support of the local authorities, as well as guests. The Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Belarus Igor Karpenko, as well as the Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Vyacheslav Durnov, arrived to contribute to this good cause. The results are impressive: about 350 shrubs were planted, the foundation for a stele dedicated to Nikita Kukonenko was laid, and the territory of the cadet town under construction was cleared.
Based on materials from the newspaper "Vitebskiye Vesti" and regional media of the Vitebsk region.