Regional media are actively preparing for the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Vitebsk region
In anticipation of the jubilee date, a series of creative projects about outstanding people who have glorified the northern region in the country and the world are being released in publications and on TV and radio channels. Among them are Euphrosyne of Polotsk and Francysk Skaryna, writer-publicist and educator Symeon of Polotsk, creator of the first blueprint of a multistage rocket Kazimierz Siemienowicz, founder of the Belarusian professional theater Ignacy Bujnicki, artists Marc Chagall, Ivan Khrutsky and Mikhail Savitsky, aircraft designer Pavel Sukhoi, classics of national literature Vasil Bykov, Petrus Brovka, Mikhas Lynkov, Vladimir Korotkevich, and many others.
The Dvina region rightfully prides itself on the military and labor feats of its ancestors who bravely defended their native land from enemy invasions. The events of the Great Patriotic War are inscribed with a special line in the region's history. Heroes of the Soviet Union Minay Shmyrev, Pyotr Masherov, Vladimir Lobanok, Lev Dovator, Zinaida Tusnolobova-Marchenko have written glorious pages in the chronicle of the Dvina region.
In January-March 2018, presentations, thematic exhibitions, contests, and film screenings will be held in the region, timed to the jubilee date. In February, the P.M. Masherov Memorial Week is planned, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of his birth. Throughout the year, as part of the region's 80th anniversary, mass media will run special sections and broadcast cycles dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Vitebsk region; the publication of the reference and presentation album "Vitebsk Region" and the album-catalog "Vitebsk Region of Masters" is planned.Official website of the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus.