Listeners of radio "Belarus" will take a virtual journey through ancient and modern Polotsk on May 13

May 12, Minsk / Yulia Vanina - BELTA /. Polotsk Day will be held on May 13 on the Belarus radio station, the chairman of the Polotsk Community, honorary member of the Union of Writers of Belarus, General Director of the Main Directorate of Foreign Broadcasting of Belarusian Radio Naum Galperovich told a BELTA correspondent. On this day, reports, interviews, and performances dedicated to Polotsk, the cultural capital of Belarus-2010, will be broadcast on short, medium waves, in the FM range, and on the Internet. Among the materials is a speech by Bishop of Polotsk and Glubokoye Vladyka Feodosiy. Employees of the Main Directorate of Foreign Broadcasting of Belarusian Radio, who recently visited this ancient city, will share their impressions in five languages (English, German, Polish, Russian, and Belarusian) and will help their listeners take a virtual journey through ancient and modern Polotsk, learn more about its history and interesting places. This program will continue a series of events united by the socio-cultural campaign "Cultural Capital of Belarus," which began in January. It was the ancient Polotsk, the historical, cultural, and spiritual center of the Belarusian land, that received the status of the cultural capital of Belarus-2010. This status provides that throughout the year, the city will host exhibitions of the best Belarusian artists, concerts by leading creative groups, performances by the best theaters in the country, premieres of Belarusian films, and creative meetings. At the end of the year, a presentation of Polotsk as the cultural capital of 2010 will be held in Minsk. The goal of the campaign, initiated by the Ministry of Culture, is to activate cooperation with local authorities, further develop and enrich the cultural life of the regions, activate local public initiatives to support national culture, and attract the attention of the general public and tourists. -0-