VITEBSK, 15 July (BelTA) – Belarusian President, Chairman of the Supreme State Council of the Union State Aleksandr Lukashenko presented the Union State Award in Literature and Art 2021-2022 at the opening ceremony of the 31st edition of the International Arts Festival Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk on 14 July, BelTA has learned.
The award is designed to acknowledge the most impactful works of literature and art that made a meaningful contribution to strengthening brotherhood, friendship and cooperation between Belarus and Russia.
The award was presented to several groups of artists taking part in the concert programs of the International Arts Festival Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, the creators of the Rzhev Memorial to the Soviet Soldier and the team of the publishing project Historical Memory of the Union State timed to the 75th anniversary of the common Victory of the peoples of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War.
