The Polotsk school will receive a gift from the Russian Embassy on the eve of the 210th anniversary of Alexander Pushkin's birth

June 3, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Polotsk Secondary School No. 18 will receive a gift from the Russian Embassy on the eve of the 210th anniversary of Alexander Pushkin's birth, Chairman of the public association Belarusian Literary Union "Polotsk Branch" Alexander Radkevich told a BELTA correspondent. The school library will be replenished with 400 copies of books by Russian classics. The award ceremony will take place on June 4 during the republican scientific and practical conference "A.S. Pushkin in Belarus," which will be hosted by the Museum of Belarusian Book Printing, a branch of the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve. According to Alexander Radkevich, literary critics and Pushkin scholars from leading universities in Belarus have confirmed their participation in the conference. They will deliver over 20 reports united by the name of the Russian poet and Belarusian land. A collection of reports will be published following the scientific meeting. The conference is organized by "Polotsk Branch" and the public association "Rus," with financial support from the Russian Embassy in Belarus. -0-