Milestones in History
Peterhof: to eclipse Versailles
In August 1723 the residence of Peter I on the shore of the Gulf of Finland was opened
15.08.2017
The genius of the European investigation
Arkady Frantsevich Koshko, the greatest detective of the Russian Empire and Europe of the early 20th century - a native of White Russia. He comes from the village of Brozhka in Mogilev region. This year marks 150 years since the birth of this legendary fighter against crime
08.08.2017
Saint Athanasius of Brest: scientist, writer, composer
On August 2, the Russian Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Athanasius of Brest (1595-1648), an outstanding ascetic, one of the founders of the secular literature of White Russia
02.08.2017
Pavel Sukhoi: The Legend of World Aviation
July 22 marks the 122nd anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Soviet aircraft designer, one of the founders of the national school of jet and supersonic aviation Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi
22.07.2017
"You will know them by business" This year marks the 25th anniversary of the glorification of Princess Elizabeth
Feodorovna as the Monk Martyrs, along with the nun Varvara, executed simultaneously with her in 1918. Monasteries and sisterhoods in the name of the holy martyrs Elizabeth and Barbara are now in Belarus and in Russia
20.07.2017
Memory of the steppe winds
During an official visit to Kazakhstan, Alexander Lukashenko handed over copies of archival documents to Nursultan Nazarbayev for the Memorial Complex for the Remembrance of Victims of Political Repressions and Totalitarianism, which is located on the site of the largest Soviet women's camp - Akmola Camp of Wives of Traitors to the Motherland. Abbreviated - "ALZHIR": one of the most terrible islands of the Gulag
17.07.2017
Yazep Drozdovich: the life of the Belarusian Da Vinci
An artist and an astronomer, a pacifist and a writer who died in poverty, and only decades later he gained fame as a genius (part 2)
12.07.2017
Yazep Drozdovich: the life of the Belarusian Da Vinci
An artist and an astronomer, a pacifist and a writer who died in poverty and only after many decades gained fame as a genius (part 1)
07.07.2017
Arseny Tarkovsky. Shard of the Silver Age
On June 25, the literary world celebrates the 110th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Russian poet and translator Arseniy Aleksandrovich Tarkovsky
27.06.2017
Andrey Nekrasov: in search of adventure
June 22 marks the 110th anniversary of the birth of the Soviet writer and essayist, the literary "pope" of the famous Captain Vrungel
21.06.2017
The city is like a song
The stories of creating many masterpieces are often associated with legends and folk legends, and sometimes with intricacies of amazing circumstances. Simply put - mysticism. There is a mystical flair and the famous song "Vologda" - one of the most popular domestic hits for decades
15.06.2017
Don Quixote of Russian Literature
May 31 marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of Konstantin Paustovsky, a man of exceptionally happy writer's destiny, a master of the Russian word that received worldwide recognition
01.06.2017
First teachers of all Slavs
On May 24, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the great enlighteners of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius, and in many Slavic countries the Days of Slavic Writing and Culture
25.05.2017
Zhirovitsky image: five centuries of a shrine
Among the miraculous icons that have been shown on the territory of Belaya Rus, Zhirovitskaya (or Zhirovichskaya) icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is one of the most revered
24.05.2017
Three holy images
In the last days of April, Belarusians especially celebrate the days of veneration of their "own" icons of the Mother of God, named according to the place of their acquisition: Belynichskaya (April 25), Vaskovskaya-Fomina (April 23) and Cesar-Borovskaya (April 22)
05.05.2017
The moment of truth in August of the 44th
The filming site of Mikhail Ptashuk's picture "In August of the 44th ..." turned into an arena to confront the director, producer and script writer. It would seem that the prospects could be very sad. However, the film has become the best military blockbuster of recent decades
05.05.2017
Spring was called - it's time to consecrate a willow!
The seventh of April, on Friday - the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which has long been considered the beginning of all other Orthodox holidays in the Orthodox church calendar
07.04.2017
American Muromets
90 years ago, on April 7, 1927, the American scientist Herbert Ives managed to organize the first public television broadcasting at a great distance. The Americans were then terribly proud of their novelty and somehow did not particularly spread that her father was a Russian with a difficult-to-pronounce name - Zvorykin, sponsored by the Belarusian Sarnoff
03.04.2017
Marc Chagall: an artist dedicated to Vitebsk
On March 28, 1985 the famous artist, born in Belarus, died
27.03.2017
Invincible Victory
The whole Christian world honors the miraculous icon of Our Lady "of Czestochowa," and a special celebration of this image of the Blessed Virgin takes place annually on March 19 Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Ukraine.
20.03.2017