The Miory District celebrates its 70th anniversary today

January 29, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The Miory district celebrates the 70th anniversary of its formation today, the head of the ideological work department of the Miory District Executive Committee, Tatyana Stalmachenok, told a BELTA correspondent. The celebration of the anniversary date began with the opening of the "Miory" sports and recreation complex in the district center. The facility, worth Br1.8 billion, includes halls for table tennis and billiards, a gymnastics and fitness hall, a swimming pool, a sauna, and Finnish and Russian baths. Its opening was a real gift for local residents. An exhibition of achievements "Miory District - 70: Events and People" is being held at the district cultural center. The exposition features products from the district's enterprises: the meat processing plant, the bakery, the mixed feed plant, the consumer cooperative, and other work collectives. Students of the district and masters of folk crafts have also prepared their own expositions. One of the most significant events of the day will be a ceremonial meeting at the district cultural center. In addition to a concert featuring the best performers, dancers, and groups from the district and the region, there will be an honoring of war and labor veterans and production leaders (12 people have been recognized as such). Seven schoolchildren who won prizes at regional subject Olympiads, and their teachers, will be awarded honorary diplomas with gratitude for their academic success on behalf of the chairman of the district executive committee. The concluding event of the festive day will be a dance program for youth and a leisure evening for the older generation. The Miory district is located in the northwest of the Vitebsk region. It borders the Braslav, Sharkovshchyna, Glubokoe, and Polotsk districts, as well as Latvia. The population is 25.6 thousand people. Famous natives of the Miory district include poet Sergey Poniznik, artist Yuzef Drozdovich, prominent public figure and historian Vladislav Lostovsky, composer Gennady Tytovich, and Cheslav Sipovich, the founder of the F. Skorina Museum and Library in London in 1971, among others. -0-