Celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the birth of Belarusian painter I. Khrutsky will take place on September 4-5 in Polotsk

August 31, Minsk / BELTA correspondent /. Ceremonial events dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Khrutsky, a renowned Belarusian painter of the 19th century, whose name is included in the UNESCO List of Commemorative Dates for 2010, will be held on September 4-5 at the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve. This was reported to BELTA correspondent by Svetlana Shitikova, press secretary of the Ministry of Culture of Belarus. The program of events for September 4 includes an excursion tour of the monuments and museums of the city of Polotsk. The tour is designed for two hours. Then, there will be a trip to the cemetery in the village of Zakharnichi, where the artist Ivan Khrutsky is buried, and a solemn laying of flowers at the master's grave. In the evening, an exhibition dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Ivan Khrutsky's birth will open at the Art Gallery of the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve. The final event of the program will be the legendary production of "Pavlinka" by the Yanka Kupala National Academic Theatre, which will open the 91st theater season. The program for September 5 will begin with an international scientific and practical conference dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Ivan Khrutsky's birth. The conference will also be held at the Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve. Participants of the meeting will include representatives from the State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), the State Russian Museum (Saint Petersburg), the State Complex "Congress Palace" (Saint Petersburg), the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve, and the Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov. As on the previous evening, a performance will take place on the stage of OOO "Polotsk-Steklovolokno" - Kupala actors will present the production "Vecher" based on the play by Alexei Dudarev. The events dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Belarusian painter Ivan Khrutsky will become another page of the republican campaign "Cultural Capital of 2010 - Polotsk," which began on January 21, 2010. Since the beginning of the year, the cultural capital has hosted performances by soloists of the National Academic Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre of Belarus with programs "Evening of Ancient Romance," "Masterpieces of Opera Art within the Walls of Ancient Sofia," the National Concert Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Finberg, the Belarusian State Ensemble "Pesniary," the G. Tsitovich National Academic Folk Choir of the Republic of Belarus, the Belarusian State Choreographic Ensemble "Khoroshki," and Konstantin Sharov (organ), a soloist of the Belarusian State Philharmonic. The exhibition hall of the Polotsk Art Gallery hosted exhibitions of lithographs "Napoleon Orda and Our Past" from the collections of the National Historical Museum, "Polish Fine Arts of the 18th-20th Centuries" from the collections of the National Art Museum, and the National Art Museum opened an exhibition of paintings and graphics by Yadviga Matseevskaya, the great-granddaughter of Ivan Khrutsky, from the collections of the Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve. This year also marked the opening of a monument to the Heroes of the War of 1812 in Polotsk. -0-