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June 26 (Thursday) – Vitebsk Liberation Day
from the Nazi invaders

Victory Square

11:00

RALLY, LAYING OF FLOWERS AND WREATHS at the memorial complex in honor of Soviet soldiers-liberators, partisans and underground fighters of Vitebsk region, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Vitebsk from the Nazi invaders

War burial sites and memorials

Vitebsk city

according to a separate plan

Solemn events at monuments and memorials to the soldiers-liberators, at war burial sites

(rallies, laying of flowers and wreaths)

June 28 (Saturday) – Vitebsk City Day

Bridge of the 1000th Anniversary of Vitebsk

throughout the day

"VITEBSK HISTORICAL"

Exhibition

Lenin Street

(near the Town Hall)

12:00

Laying of flowers at the memorial sign installed at the site of execution of Soviet patriots during the Great Patriotic War

Suvorov Street

(near the Town Hall)

12:00-16:00

"MUSEUMS IN A SUITCASE SPEAK"

exhibition of school museums

Suvorov Street,
Krylov Street,

Suvorov Street, 12

10:00-20:00

12:30

12:30-13:30

EXHIBITION-FAIR OF ARTISTS,

greeting-action

“IN THE CENTER OF CULTURE – IN THE CENTER OF VITEBSK”

open music project.

Folk music evening

Tolstogo Street

10.00-20.00

OPERATION OF TRADE FACILITIES

Pushkina Street

10.00-17.00

20.00-24.00

“VITEBSK. CITY DAY. READING POINT”

library and poetry platform

“THE BEST AND NEW ON THE THEATRE SQUARE”

magic of street performances: theaters, musicians, performers, circus and fire show

Site near the Holy Assumption Cathedral

10.00-15.00

“ORTHODOX VITEBSK”

exhibition-fair. Master classes on bell ringing

Zamkovaya Street

10.00-15.00

“CITY EDUCATION – BUILDING THE FUTURE TOGETHER!”

exhibition-presentation of educational institutions

Svobody Square

10.00-15.00

10.00-17.30

10.00-20.00

“WE ARE FOR A SAFE CITY”

operation of interactive platforms, demonstration of special equipment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, OSVOD.
Operation of the “Smoke Screen” attraction

Concert and entertainment program

Operation of trade facilities

Site near the Belarusian Puppet Theatre “Lyalka”

(Pushkina Street, 2)

11.00-13.00

“PLANET OF CHILDHOOD” festive program

“PIETRUSZKA”

performance for children.

Master classes, photo zones, interactive platforms, contests, games

Victory Square

11.00-15.00

12.00-12.30

12.00-17.00

12.30-12.50

13.30-14.30

14.30

12.00-19.00

10.00-23.00

YOUTH DAY

“The Time of the Young”

Open city competitions in strength sports

Registration of participants of the bike ride

Fitness warm-up for bike ride participants

Operation of interactive platforms:
PO “BRSM”, private production unitary enterprise “Darida”,

State Automobile Inspectorate location,
sports grounds from VGTSK,

Sports and games program of GF SK,
playground with an inflatable complex from "Laser Tag Club "COLT",
exhibition of retro cars,
cars from the "Vitebskauto city" auto center,
tasting from KPUP "Confectionery Factory "Vitba"

Opening of Youth Day

"Velo Vitebsk" bike ride

Awarding of participants in sports events

"Fire of Youth Talents" regional tour of the national festival-competition of youth creativity, gala concert of the festival-competition participants

Operation of trade facilities

Park of the Winners

12.00-14.00

10.00-01.00

10.00-01.00

"TO OUR BELOVED CITY - OUR TALENTS!"

concert and entertainment program

Operation of attractions

Operation of trade facilities

Voinev-Internatsionalistov Street

13.15

Opening of the SPA center "Yuzhny"

Park of the 1000th Anniversary

16.00-18.00

"I AM PROUD OF YOU, MY CITY!"

festive concert program

Rathaus

(balcony on the side of Rathaus Square)

Rathaus Courtyard

17.00-18.00

21.30

"VIOLIN OVER THE CITY"

musical greeting to the city

MOVIE SHOWING: cartoon for children, film "Control Test in the Specialty", tea from a samovar with Zdravnevsky herbs and treats

Museum of the History of Private Collecting

(Frunze Avenue, 13)

16.30

OPENING OF THE MEMORIAL PLAQUE to the collector
I.D. Galkevich

Cultural and Sports Complex

of the Summer Amphitheater

17.00

OPENING of the renovated multifunctional cultural center.

PRESENTATION by the folk club of historical reconstruction "WARGENTHORN".

Operation of the children's play center

Summer Amphitheater

(Frunze Avenue, 13a)

(17.30) 18.00-20.00

"VITEBSK IS THE CITY OF OUR LOVE!"

Solemn event dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk and the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the city from Nazi invaders. Ceremony of the solemn awarding of the city prize "Vitebsk Citizen of the Year", awarding the title "Honorary Citizen of Vitebsk"

Victory Square

(near Moskovsky Prospekt, 8)

20:00-23:00

"LIVE BRIGHTLY! LOVE VITEBSK!"

Gala concert of popular performers

Victory Square

(near the monument)

23:00

FIREWORKS

Accompanying events

Vitebsk Sports Palace

(Stroiteley Prospekt, 23)

June 14-15

II International Championship in Biodepilation in Vitebsk

Educational Institution "Vitebsk State Technical College"

(Lazо St., 113A)

June 14-15

Open Championship in Kettlebell Triathlon

Victory Square

June 16

10:00

Meeting of the International Wheelchair Marathon Relay "Road of Memory from Moscow to Brest" in Vitebsk

Solemn laying of flowers at the Eternal Flame of the memorial complex in honor of Soviet soldiers-liberators, partisans and underground fighters of Vitebsk region

Aerodrome of the Vitebsk Aeroclub named after A.G. Gorovets DOSAAF

1000th Anniversary of Vitebsk Square

June 16-21

June 17
11:00

June 21

17:00-20:00

VI OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

in parachuting for veteran paratroopers, combat veterans

Opening Ceremony

"VITEBSK GATHERS FRIENDS!"

Parachute festival

Parachute jumps by participants

of the VI Open Championship of the Republic of Belarus

Complex of Cultural and Mass Recreation named after the Soviet Army

June 21

11:00-23:00

June 22

10:00-15:00

"FLAT MOUNTAIN"

Historical Reconstruction Festival

Floodplain of the Vitba River

June 22

9:30

Open Yoga Training

Territory of the former
5th Railway Regiment - Luchskoye Civilian Cemetery (War Burial) - Monument to the Heroes of the Vitebsk Underground - Victory Square

June 22

13:00

“PATRIOTS REMEMBER!”

motor rally

State Institution “Vitebsk Regional Library
named after V.I. Lenin”

(Lenin Street, 8a)

June 26

12:00

“WORD WITHOUT BORDERS”

Festival – poetic dialogue between representatives of Belarusian and Russian library literary associations (Public Organization “Union of Writers of Moscow”, State Budgetary Institution of Culture “Smolensk Regional Universal Scientific Library named after A.T. Tvardovsky”)

State Cultural Institution “Belarusian Puppet Theatre “Lyalka”

(Pushkin Street, 2)

June 26

18:00

“PLACES OF MEMORY”

monospectacle dedicated to the
80th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War

“5th Regiment” – Gorodok – Verkhovye Microdistrict” 

Tourist and Hotel Complex

“Vitebsk Hotel”

(conference hall)

State Cultural Institution “Vitebsk Regional Museum of Hero of the Soviet Union Minay Filippovich Myryv”

Victory Square

State Educational Institution “Secondary School No. 9 of Vitebsk”

(Shkolnaya Street, 4)

City Organizations

June 26

12:00

13:00

13:00

11:00

13:00

throughout the day

“MOLODZ.BY: UNITING DREAMS, ACHIEVING GOALS!”

“RHYTHM OF MOVEMENT”

“Feat in the Glory of the Fatherland”

auto-bike rally

“TECHNOLOGIES OF TOMORROW”

“Science Picnic”

intellectual open-air

“ART BREAKTHROUGH”

city quest

“STRENGTH OF HERITAGE”

rally, laying of flowers and wreaths at the memorial complex in honor of the Soviet soldiers-liberators, partisans and underground fighters of the Vitebsk region, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Vitebsk from the Nazi invaders

Solemn event dedicated to the naming of State Educational Institution “Secondary School No. 9 of Vitebsk” after Biryulin M.F.

“YOUR TERRITORY”

Labor action for the improvement of the territory in organizations and institutions of Vitebsk

Festival of Professions - career guidance

Sports and Recreation Complex of the State Institution “Vitebsk City Sports and Recreation Complex”

(Sovetskaya Street, 7-14)

June 26

10:00-15:00

Chess and checkers competitions among the residents of Vitebsk, dedicated to the Day of Vitebsk Liberation from German-fascist invaders

Sports and Recreation Complex of the State Institution "GFSK "Vitebsk"

(2A K. Marx Street)

June 26

10:00-15:00

Swimming competitions among veterans of Vitebsk, dedicated to the Day of Vitebsk Liberation from German-fascist invaders

Libraries
of the State Institution "CBS of Vitebsk",
museums, exhibition halls of Vitebsk

June 26-29

Thematic events, exhibitions,

dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk, the 81st anniversary of the city's liberation from German-fascist invaders

Mir Cinema

(Chekhov Street, 3)

Dom Kino

(Lenin Street, 40)

June 26-29

June 26

12:20

June 28

12:20

June 27

14:20

June 29

15:00

Screening of feature and documentary films produced by RUP "National Film Studio "Belarusfilm", dedicated to Vitebsk and the Vitebsk region:

"Time to Return" feature film

"Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve" documentary film

"Memorial Complexes of Belarus – 2" documentary film;

"The Abode of St. Euphrosyne" documentary film

Organizations, open spaces of Vitebsk

(according to separate plans)

June 26,

June 28-29

Cultural, sports, and tourist events

Rathaus Courtyard

(on the side of Mayakovsky Square)

June 27

21:30

Film screening

cartoon for children, film "About the Dragon on the Balcony, About the Kids and the Scooter", tea from a samovar with Zdravnevsky herbs and treats

Sports and Recreation Complex of the State Institution "GFSK "Vitebsk"

(26a 3rd Sadovaya Street)

June 28

10:00-15:00

Billiards competitions among workers, dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk, the 81st anniversary of the city's liberation from German-fascist invaders

Parking lot near Blokhin Bridge

June 28

10:00-15:00

"DRIFT TAXI"

master class

State Institution "National Academic Drama Theatre
named after Yakub Kolas"

(2 Zamkovaya Street)

June 28

18:00

"THE PARACHUTIST"

Performance

Vitebsk River Embankment

(near Yubileiny Bridge)

June 28-29

10:00-18:00

Open Vitebsk City Beach Football Cup among teams
from Vitebsk and Vitebsk Region, dedicated to Vitebsk City Day

Student Square Open-Air Cinema

(Moskovsky Prospekt)

June 28-29

June 28

13:30

14:00

16:00

June 29

14:00

16:00

"CITY OF INSPIRATION. VITEBSK IN CINEMA"

Screening of films shot in Vitebsk

"VITEBSK IN CINEMA"
Presentation of Dmitry Rubanik's project with the author's participation

Film Screening

Film "About a Dragon on the Balcony, About Kids and a Scooter";

Film "Shagal-Malevich"

Film Screening

Film "Control Work in the Specialty";

Film "Starting Point"

Soviet Army Cultural and Recreational Complex

June 28

11:00-20:00

June 29

12:00-14:00

11:00-18:00

15:00-18:00

"A WEEKEND FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!"

Mass recreation day.

Operation of sports equipment rental and amusement complex

"VITEBSK – OUR HOMETOWN!"

Festive concert program of the Youth Pop Theater "Star School"

"SPORT FOR EVERYONE – FROM 0 TO 100 VITEBSK 2025"

Cultural and sports festival

for the whole family

Operation of various sports zones (kickboxing, football, jumping, yoga, taekwondo)

Demonstration performances by sports clubs

Bridge of the 1000th Anniversary of Vitebsk

June 29

throughout the day

"HISTORICAL VITEBSK"

Exhibition

Suvorov Street,
Krylov Street,

Mayakovsky Square

June 29

10:00-16:00

EXHIBITION-FAIR OF ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN

Master classes

Musical program

Tolstoy Street

June 29

10:00-16:00

Operation of trade facilities

Sports and Recreation Complex of the State Institution "Vitebsk Sports and Recreation Complex"

(Sovetskaya Street, 7)

June 29

10:00-15:00

Open City Chess Tournament

Frunze Park

(by the fountain)

June 29

16:00-18:00

"IN THE OLD RHYTHMS"

dance and entertainment program

Inner Courtyard

State Cultural Institution "Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic"

(Lenina Street, 69)

June 29

16:00-18:00

"KUPALA-FEST 2025"

final of the music band competition

State Institution "Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theatre"

(Zamkovaya Street, 2)

June 29

18:00

"MUSICAL 'VERNISAGE'"

music and poetry evening

Exhibitions

Marko Shopping Center

June 20 - July 4

throughout the day

"WE REMEMBER. WE HONOR. WE DO NOT BETRAY."

Exhibition

Exhibition space of the pedestrian crossing

Moskovsky Avenue,

Tereshkovoy-Nikolaevoy Street.

House of Culture of the Educational Institution "VSAVM"

(Dovatora Street, 3)

UNOVIST-Cosmos site. Embankment of Victory Park.

Victory Square.

Round Hall

of the "Vitebsk" Concert Hall

(Frunze Avenue, 1)

Kosmonavtov Street,

Budennogo Street

Kosmonavtov Square

Observatory of the Educational Institution "VSU
named after P. M. Masherov" (Moskovsky Avenue, 33)

June 26-28

throughout the day

June 26

14:00-16:00

June 27

14:00

June 27

10:00-12:00

June 27

12:00

June 26

15:00

June 27

17:00

"SYMPHONY OF SPACE"

republican digital art competition

"SYMPHONY OF SPACE"

photo exhibition by Hero of the Russian Federation, cosmonaut pilot Oleg Novitsky, Hero of Belarus, cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya

"SYMPHONY OF SPACE"
final-creathon of winners

of the republican digital art competition

"VITEBSK – TRAVELING 'SYMPHONY OF SPACE'"

quest walk through streets named after cosmonauts.

Part 1.

UNOVIST-Cosmos site. Embankment of Victory Park.

Victory Square.

Zheleznodorozhny District

(branch "Palace of Culture of Railway Workers" of the State Institution "Cultural and Information Center "Golden Ring of the City of Vitebsk "Dvina", district organizations)

June 25 -
August 28

during the day

"OLD CITY, GLORIOUS CITY APPOINTS US A MEETING..."

photo exhibition

State Cultural Institution "Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk"
(5 Beloborodov Street;
11 Frunze Avenue),

"Art Space"

(7 Tolstoy Street),

cultural institutions, educational institutions of the city

June 24-29

"PHOTOCROK"

X S. Yurkovsky Photography Festival in Vitebsk

Museum of the History of VNHU

(5a Chagall Street)

June 17-30

"VERA YERMOLAEVA: AMAZON OF THE RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE"

exhibition of paintings and graphics from a private collection (Moscow)

State Educational Institution "Children's Art School No. 3 of Vitebsk "Maladik"

Exhibition Hall
(19 Voinev-Internatsionalistov Street)

June 25

11:00-12:00

"PERSPECTIVE-2025"

XVIII Open Exhibition-Competition of Fine Arts.

Opening of the exhibition-competition

State Educational Institution "Vitebsk Children's Art School"
Vitebsk

Exhibition Hall

(Suvorov Street, 3)

(Mayakovsky Square)

June 26

12:00-12:40

13:00

"PERSPECTIVE-2025"
XVIII Open Exhibition-Competition of Fine Arts.

Opening

Awarding of the exhibition-competition winners

Exhibition Hall

Branch of the State Cultural Institution "Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk"

(Beloborodov Street, 5)

June 26

16:00

"THREE ARTISTS WERE FRIENDS: LEONID ANTIMONOV, OLEG ORLOV, ALEXANDER SOLOVYOV"
presentation of a project dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory, in the A. Solovyov Hall

"ADLYUSTRUVANNE"
installations by V. Lyakhovich.

Sculpture by I. Kolodovsky

Marc Chagall Art Center

(Sovetskaya Street, 25)

June 26

17:00

throughout the month

"A BRIGHT LINE OF CONSTELLATIONS" creative evening of poetry and author's song for D. Simanovich's birthday

"HAPPY IS HE WHO IS LIKE ULYSSES..."
original graphics by Marc Chagall and other artists from the museum's collection

Rathaus

(Lenin Street, 36, hall)

June 27-28

11:00-23:00

Ascent to the panoramic viewing platform of the Rathaus tower, excursions

Rathaus

(Lenin Street, 36)

June 28

11:00-19:00

"RATHAUS – THE CENTER OF VITEBSK", "PROFOTO", "OLD TOWN"

exhibitions (free admission)

Excursions

Historical Center
of Vitebsk

(Chekhov Street,
Shcherbakova-Naberezhnaya Street,
Komissar Krylov Street,
Kosmonavtov Street)

June 28

10:30-16:00

11:00

13:30

16:00

CAMPAIGN "DEDICATED TO OUR BELOVED CITY..."

(free thematic excursions and quests):

Excursion to the Church-Archaeological Office of the Vitebsk Theological Seminary and the Church of the Resurrection of Christ
Vitebsk (starting from Komissar Krylov Street, 7)

"ACCORDING TO THE MEMORIES OF BELLA CHAGALL"
excursion (starting from the fountain on Privokzalnaya Square (in the Zadvine region)

"THE STORY OF ONE STREET" (Chekhov Street) excursion (starting from the Mir cinema, Chekhov Street, 3)

Art Museum

(Lenin Street, 32)

June 28

12:00, 15:00

“CITY WALK WITH PEN”

excursion presentation, exhibition (by request)

Town Hall
(Lenin Street, 36)
– around the city

June 29

12:00

“YES, INDEED, IN VITEBSK STYLE”

presentation of an author's thematic bus and walking tour
(by request)

City tram route

departure point: tram loop

(Frunze Avenue near the military unit)

June 28

10:00

June 28

14:00

“ROUTES OF MEMORY”

thematic free excursion on a mobile tram museum around Vitebsk (by prior appointment)

Free excursion with musical accompaniment (by prior appointment)

1000th Anniversary Square

of Vitebsk

June 28-29

20:00-24:00

Hot air balloon ride

Boat trip

(route: Victory Square – Soviet Army Park – Victory Square)

June 28-29

12:00-19:00

Boat trips on the Western Dvina River