The Year of Quality in the Vitebsk region will be held under the sign of innovation - A. Kosinets

January 23, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. The Year of Quality in the Vitebsk region will be held under the sign of innovation, said the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets today at the solemn ceremony of awarding the honorary title "Person of the Year of the Vitebsk Region", according to a BELTA correspondent.

In 2010, the Vitebsk region took on increased commitments and intends to increase the growth rate of production at comparable prices to 125-130%, build 850 thousand square meters of housing, commission 64 agro-towns, and harvest 1.5 million tons of grain. Achieving this is possible due to a 1.5-fold increase in labor productivity, the creation of new industries, and the introduction of innovative technologies in various fields, the governor emphasized. This year, it is planned to create about a hundred new industries and enterprises in the region. Success depends on the work of every resident of the region. "Each of us is a part of our region. The more we work, the more beautiful our land will become," Alexander Kosinets added with emotion.

 The laureates of the "Person of the Year of the Vitebsk Region" title serve as a worthy example. Among them are agricultural workers, laborers, teachers, managers, journalists, artists, scientists, athletes, and entrepreneurs. Among the laureates are the famous throughout Belarus Chairman of the SPC "Olgovskoye" Demiko Nadirashvili, Director of OJSC "Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant" Vladimir Troitsky, businessman and entrepreneur Andrey Sidorov, whose enterprise developed a lift made of high-strength steel, which has no analogues produced in the republic. The teacher of mathematics Mikhail Volkov, who prepared 17 winners of international and republican Olympiads, was recognized as the Person of the Year of the Vitebsk Region. Senior lecturer at Vitebsk State University Vladimir Golubev, who raised a school of Belarusian astronomers, after whom grateful students named a star they discovered, and Belarus joined the ranks of astronomical powers. The youngest laureate was a student of the specialized children's and youth sports school of the Olympic reserve in Novopolotsk, silver medalist of the World Weightlifting Championship Sergey Lagun.

The award ceremony is being held in the region for the second time. However, this year, in addition to the diploma for receiving the title, the laureates received the badge "Person of the Year of Vitebsk Region". Based on the results of 2009, the honorary title was awarded to 100 residents of the region.-0-