Artists will recreate the image of Vitebsk in the 1920s on its birthday

June 17, Vitebsk / Sergey Kotovets - BELTA /. Vitebsk artists will recreate the city's appearance of the 1920s during the "UNOVIS Street" art event, which will take place on June 25, on Vitebsk City Day. This was announced today at a press conference by Deputy Chairman of the City Executive Committee Vladimir Terentyev, BELTA correspondent reports. The festive events of City Day are designed to showcase everything that Vitebsk of the 21st century is famous for and proud of. Concert venues and mass recreation areas will be given over to creative groups and young talents from the music educational institutions of the regional center. Vitebsk artists, during the "UNOVIS Street" event, will paint a house in the style of the 1920s on Pravdy Street, near the building of the former People's Art School. The "Portrait of the City" competition will be held in the exhibition hall of the Center for Contemporary Art. Unique works and photographs of Vitebsk from past years will be presented to the citizens and guests of the city. Mass festivities will unfold in all districts of the city and will be thematic. The central part will host a theatrical procession of the city's creative groups, a parade of retro cars, and a procession of bikers. Near the Yanka Kupala National Academic Drama Theater, an improvised theater square will be set up, where professional troupes of the city, as well as amateur and school theaters, will perform. The Parade of Brides will open the performance of the folk wedding ceremony performed by the Kupala actors. On Svobody Square, the tallest person will be determined during the "Vitebsk Giant" competition in memory of the famous countryman Fyodor Makhnov. By the way, a large number of applications have already been submitted, mainly from the fairer sex residents of the city. For the first time, the renovated Pobedy Square will be maximally utilized for mass events (concerts, youth discos, show programs). By City Day, it is planned to complete the first stage of landscaping in the Vitba floodplain. "Another recreation area will get a new look, and citizens will have the opportunity to appreciate the work during the cultural and sports festival," emphasized the deputy chairman of the city executive committee. The opening of the city's first beach soccer field is also planned here. The events will take place over two days, and the organizers have prepared many surprises for the citizens and guests of the city, which are still being kept secret, Vladimir Terentyev added. -0-