BELTA photo exhibition "Winners" opened in Vitebsk

April 8, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The photo exhibition "Victors" by the Belarusian Telegraph Agency opened today at the House of Cinema in Vitebsk, BELTA correspondent reports. The new BELTA project, dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, aims to introduce people who, at the cost of their blood in 1941-1945, won peace and freedom for us. That is why the main genre of over 70 large-format photographs (70x50 cm) is portraiture. The unique photographs from different years, most of which were taken by BELTA photojournalists, depict participants of the Great Patriotic War. It is noteworthy that viewers will hardly see any weapons, trenches, ruins, or soldier formations in the photographs. This exhibition is exclusively about personalities. Familiarizing oneself with it will allow everyone to comprehend the past in order to understand the present, and will teach to cherish life as a great treasure, heroically won back from the abyss of death. The event was attended by veterans of the war and the partisan movement, Director General of the Belarusian Telegraph Agency Dmitry Zhuk, representatives of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, local authorities, work collectives, the public, and youth. Vitebsk became the third city after Mogilev and Gomel where the "Victors" exhibition will be displayed. Its further route lies to Grodno, and from May 2 to May 8, residents and guests of the capital will be able to see the photo exhibition. -0-