POLOTSK, 8 April (BelTA) – Polotsk is the birthplace of the Belarusian state and spirituality. It should be borne in mind during the development of the town as a tourist destination. The opinion was voiced by Anatoly Tozik, Vice Prime Minister of Belarus, Chairman of the Tourism Expert and Coordination Council under the Council of Ministers, at a visiting session. The visiting session is supposed to take place in Polotsk and Novopolotsk.
Anatoly Tozik believes that in order to advance...
VITEBSK, 5 April (BelTA) – Over 60 artists from seven countries have applied for participation in the 3rd International Biennale “Water+Color” in Polotsk, BelTA learnt from Larisa Lysenko, chief of the arts gallery of the National Polotsk History and Culture Museum-Reserve.
This event has been organized by the museum-reserve and the Belarusian Union of Artists. The biennale major theme will be Watercolor Space.
Watercolorists from Belarus, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia,...
VITEBSK, 1 April (BelTA) – A memorial plate to Hero of Russia Alexei Vorobyev will be unveiled in his homeland, the village of Borovukha (Polotsk District, Vitebsk Oblast) on the Unity Day of Belarusian and Russian Peoples on 2 April, BelTA learnt from chairman of the Borovukha village executive committee Sergei Splender.
Back in the Soviet Union, the village of Borovukha was called the capital of the blue berets: the 350th and 357th parachute regiments of the famous 103rd airborne...
