The "Polotsk Community" will have its own emblem and badge

September 29, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. A competition for the development of an emblem and a badge for the public association "Polotsk Landsmanshaft" has been announced in Polotsk, Deputy Chairman of the Polotsk City Executive Committee, member of the Landsmanshaft Council Nikolai Ilyushenok told a BELTA correspondent. As the interlocutor emphasized, the emblem of the landsmanshaft should embody pride in their hometown. This is the main requirement. Both professional artists and amateurs are invited to participate in the competition. Sketches are accepted until October 5, after which they will be presented for consideration by the members of the landsmanshaft. The public association was established at the beginning of the current year. It includes natives of Polotsk who now live not only in different cities of Belarus but also abroad. Among the members of the landsmanshaft are citizens of Russia, Germany, and Israel. Such well-known people in the country as poet Naum Galperovich and artist Ninel Chastnaya are members of the "Polotsk Landsmanshaft". Today, the landsmanshaft has more than 200 members. Its members consider the preservation and enhancement of the cultural heritage of their native Polotsk land to be their main task. Moreover, this applies not only to the humanitarian sphere but also to the economy, Nikolai Ilyushenok added. Attracting investment and promoting the region in the tourism market are also in the focus of attention of the fellow countrymen. Currently, the members of the society have joined the city program for the improvement of children's playgrounds and sports grounds in the outskirts of the city. And the first action of the landsmanshaft members was the laying of the "Alley of Fellow Countrymen". -0-