A monument to the USSR People's Artist, a founder of the music band Pesnyary Vladimir Mulyavin was solemnly unveiled in Minsk on 17 August. The musician is depicted as seated with a guitar in his hands. Representatives of the Minsk city administration, ministries, government agencies of Belarus, and the administration of Russia's Sverdlovsk Oblast took part in the event. The opening ceremony was timed to the 950th anniversary of Minsk's foundation.