Miory Regional Executive Committee
Program of festive events dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk and the 81st anniversary of the city's liberation from German-Fascist invaders, June 26, 28, 2025
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June 26 (Thursday) – Day of Liberation of Vitebsk from German-Fascist Invaders |
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Victory Square |
11.00 |
RALLY, LAYING OF FLOWERS AND WREATHS at the memorial complex dedicated to Soviet liberators, partisans and underground fighters of the Vitebsk region, commemorating the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Vitebsk from German-Fascist invaders |
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Military burials and memorials |
according to a separate schedule |
Ceremonial events at monuments and memorials to liberators, at military burial sites |
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June 28 (Saturday) – City Day of Vitebsk |
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1000th Anniversary Bridge of Vitebsk |
throughout the day |
"HISTORICAL VITEBSK" |
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Lenina Street |
12.00 |
Laying of flowers at the memorial sign installed at the site of execution of Soviet patriots during the Great Patriotic War |
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Suvorova Street |
12.00-16.00 |
"MUSEUMS IN A SUITCASE SPEAK" |
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Suvorova Street, Suvorova Street, 12 |
10.00-20.00 |
EXHIBITION-FAIR OF ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN |
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Mayakovsky Park |
10.00-17.00 |
Concert programs |
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"MY FAVORITE CITY"
plein air of the folk studio of amateur artists "Kontur"
Plein air for students of educational institutions.
Exhibition of works
"OUR CITY"
art action featuring three-dimensional figures
"GIVE THE 'BIRD OF HAPPINESS' TO YOUR FAVORITE CITY"
congratulatory event
"IN THE CULTURE CENTER – IN THE CENTER OF VITEBSK"
open music project.
Evening of folk music
Tolstogo Street
10.00-20.00
OPERATION OF RETAIL FACILITIES
Pushkina Street
10.00-17.00
20.00-24.00
"VITEBSK. CITY DAY. READING SPOT"
library and poetry venue
"THE BEST AND NEWEST AT THE THEATER SQUARE"
magic of street performances: theaters, musicians, performers, circus and fire shows
Venue near the Holy Dormition Cathedral
10.00-15.00
"ORTHODOX VITEBSK"
exhibition-fair. Bell ringing masterclasses
Zamkovaya Street
10.00-15.00
"CITY EDUCATION – BUILDING THE FUTURE TOGETHER!"
exhibition-presentation of educational institutions
Freedom Square
10.00-15.00
10.00-17.30
10.00-20.00
"WE ARE FOR A SAFE CITY"
operation of interactive zones, demonstration of EMERCOM special equipment, OSVOD.
Operation of the "Smoke Screen" attraction
Concert and entertainment program
Operation of retail facilities
Venue near the Belarusian Puppet Theatre "Lyalka"
(Pushkina Street, 2)
11.00-13.00
"PLANET OF CHILDHOOD" holiday program
"PYATRUŠKA"
children's play performance.
Masterclasses, photo zones, interactive areas, 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
"Time of the Young"
Open City Competitions in Strength Sports
Registration of participants for the cycling rally
Fitness warm-up for participants of the cycling rally
Operation of interactive zones:
Belarusian Republican Youth Union (BRYU), Private Production Unitary Enterprise "Darida",
State Automobile Inspectorate zone,
sports areas provided by VGTSCK,
GFSK historical physical culture and sports program,
area with inflatable complex from "Laser Tag Club COLT",
retro car exhibition,
vehicles from Vitebskavtocity auto center,
tasting by Communal Private Unitary Enterprise "Vityba Confectionery Factory"
Opening of Youth Day
"Velo Vitebsk" cycling rally
Awarding participants of sports events
"Fire of Youth Talents" regional tour of the national festival-competition of youth creativity, gala concert of participants of the festival-competition of youth creativity
Operation of trade facilities
Park of Victors
12.00-14.00
10.00-01.00
10.00-01.00
"TO OUR BELOVED CITY - OUR TALENTS"
Concert and entertainment program
Operation of amusement rides
Operation of trade facilities
Street
of Internationalist Warriors
13.15
Opening of the "Yuzhny" SPA-center
Millennium Park
16.00-18.00
"I AM PROUD OF YOU, MY CITY!"
Holiday concert program
Town Hall
(balcony facing Town Hall Square)
Town Hall Courtyard
17.00-18.00
21.30
"VIOLIN OVER THE CITY"
Musical greeting to the city
CINEMA SCREENING: cartoon for children, feature film "Professional Proficiency Exam", tea from samovar with Zdravnets herbs and treats
Museum of the History of Private Collecting
(Frunze Avenue, 13)
16.30
UNVEILING OF THE MEMORIAL PLAQUE to collector
I.D. Galkevich
Cultural and Sports Complex of the
Summer Amphitheatre
17.00
UNVEILING of the renovated multi-purpose cultural center.
PRESENTATION by the folk historical reconstruction club "VARGENTORN".
Operation of the children's play center
Summer Amphitheatre
(Frunze Avenue, 13a)
(17.30) 18.00-20.00
"VITEBSK – CITY OF OUR LOVE!"
ceremonial event dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk and the 81st anniversary of the city's liberation from German-fascist invaders. Ceremony of the official presentation of the city award "Vitebskan of the Year", conferring the title "Honorary Citizen of Vitebsk"
Victory Square
(near Moskovsky Avenue, 8)
20.00-23.00
"LIVE BRIGHTLY! LOVE VITEBSK!"
gala concert by popular performers
Victory Square
(near the monument)
23.00
FIREWORKS
Related Events
Vitebsk Palace of Sports
(Stroiteley Avenue, 23)
June 14-15
"VitebskEpil 2025"
II International Biodepilation Championship in Vitebsk
Educational Institution "Vitebsk State Technical College"
(Lazo Street, 113A)
June 14-15
Open Kettlebell Triathlon Championship
Victory Square
June 16
10.00
Meeting of the International Relay Race of Wheelchair Users "Road of Memory from Moscow to Brest" in
Vitebsk
Solemn laying of flowers at the Eternal Flame of the memorial complex honoring Soviet liberators, partisans, and underground fighters of the Vitebsk region
Airfield of the A.G. Gorovets Vitebsk Aeroclub of DOSAAF
Square of the 1000th Anniversary of Vitebsk
June 16–21
June 17
11:00
June 21
17:00–20:00
VI OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
in parachute sports for veteran parachutists and veterans of combat operations
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
"PLOSKAYA HORA"
Historical reconstruction festival
Floodplain of the Vitba River
June 22
9:30
Open yoga training session
Territory of the former
5th Railway Regiment – Lucheskoye civilian cemetery (military burial site) – Monument to the Heroes of the Vitebsk Underground – Victory Square
June 22
13:00
"PATRIOTS REMEMBER!"
car rally
State Institution "Vitebsk Regional Library
named after V.I. Lenin"
(Lenina Street, 8a)
June 26
12:00
"WORD WITHOUT BORDERS"
Festival – poetic dialogue of representatives of Belarusian and Russian library literary associations (Public Organization "Union of Writers of Moscow", State Budgetary Cultural Institution "Smolensk Regional Universal Scientific Library named after A.T. Tvardovsky")
Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belarusian Theatre 'Lyalka'"
(Pushkina Street, 2)
June 26
18:00
"PLACES OF MEMORY"
monodrama dedicated to
the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War
"5th Regiment" – Gorodok city – Verkhovye microdistrict"
Tourist and Hotel Complex
"Vitebsk Hotel"
(conference hall)
Institution of Culture "Vitebsk Regional Museum of the Hero of the Soviet Union Minary Filippovich Myirva"
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 for the Glory of the Fatherland»
auto-bicycle rally
«TECHNOLOGIES OF TOMORROW»
«Scientific Picnic»
intellectual open-air
«ART BREAKTHROUGH»
city quest
«THE POWER OF HERITAGE»
rally, laying flowers and wreaths at the memorial complex honoring Soviet liberators, partisans, and underground fighters of the Vitebsk region, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Vitebsk from Nazi-fascist invaders
Solemn event dedicated to naming the State Educational Institution "Secondary School No. 9 of Vitebsk" after M.F. Biryulin
«YOUR TERRITORY»
Labor campaign for the improvement of territories in organizations and institutions of Vitebsk
Festival of Professions - Career Guidance
Physical Culture and Recreation Complex of the State Institution "GFSK Vitebsk"
(7-14 Sovetskaya Street)
June 26
10.00-15.00
Chess and checkers competitions among residents of Vitebsk, dedicated to the Day of Liberation of Vitebsk from Nazi-fascist invaders
Physical Culture and Recreation Complex of the State Institution "GFSK Vitebsk"
(2A K. Marksa Street)
June 26
10.00-15.00
Swimming competitions among veterans of Vitebsk, dedicated to the Day of Liberation of Vitebsk from Nazi-fascist invaders
Libraries
of the State Institution "Centralized Library System of Vitebsk",
museums, exhibition halls of Vitebsk
June 26-29
Thematic events, exhibitions,
dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk and the 81st anniversary of the city's liberation from Nazi-fascist invaders
Cinema "Mir"
(3 Chekhova Street)
House of Cinema
(40 Lenina Street)
June 26-29
June 26
12.20
June 28
12.20
June 27
14.20
June 29
15.00
Showings of feature and documentary films produced by the State Enterprise "National Film Studio "Belarusfilm", dedicated to Vitebsk and the Vitebsk Region:
"Time to Return" feature film
"Berezina Biosphere" documentary film
"Memorial Complexes of Belarus – 2" documentary film;
"The Dwelling of Saint Euphrosyne" documentary film
Organizations, open-air venues in Vitebsk
(according to separate schedules)
June 26,
June 28-29
Cultural, sports, and tourist events
Courtyard of the Town Hall
(from the Mayakovsky Square side)
June 27
21.30
Film screening
children's cartoon, feature film "About the Dragon on the Balcony, About the Kids and the Scooter", tea brewed in a samovar with medicinal herbs and refreshments
Physical Culture and Sports Center of the State Institution "GFSK "Vitebsk"
(3rd Sadovaya Street, 26a)
June 28
10.00-15.00
Workers' Billiards Competition dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk and the 81st anniversary of the city's liberation from Nazi 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"
(Zamkovaya Street, 2)
June 28
18.00
"PARASHUTYST"
play
Vityba River Floodplain
(near Jubilee Bridge)
June 28-29
10.00-18.00
Open Cup of Vitebsk City in Beach Soccer among teams
of Vitebsk City and the Vitebsk Region, dedicated to Vitebsk City Day
Outdoor Cinema Students' Garden Square
(Moskovsky Avenue)
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 the Dragon on the Balcony, About the Guys and the Scooter";
film "Chagall-Malevich"
Film screening
film "Specialty Exam";
film "Starting Point"
Complex of Cultural and Mass Recreation named after the Soviet Army
June 28
11.00-20.00
June 29
12.00-14.00
11.00-18.00
15.00-18.00
"ON THE WEEKEND – WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY!"
day of mass recreation.
Operation of sports equipment rental point and amusement complex
"VITEBSK – OUR NATIVE CITY!"
holiday concert program by the youth variety theater "School of Stars"
"SPORT FOR EVERYONE – FROM 0 TO 100 VITEBSK 2025"
cultural and sports holiday
for the whole family
Operation of venues for various sports (kickboxing, football, jumping, yoga, taekwondo)
Demonstration performances by sports clubs
Vitebsk Millennium Bridge
June 29
throughout the day
"HISTORICAL VITEBSK"
exhibition
Suvorova Street,
Krylova 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 retail outlets
Sports Complex GFSK Vitebsk
(Sovetskaya Street, 7)
June 29
10.00-15.00
Open City Chess Tournament
Frunze Park
(near the fountain)
June 29
16.00-18.00
"IN OLD RHYTHMS"
dance entertainment program
Inner courtyard
State Institution "Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic"
(Lenina Street, 69)
June 29
16.00-18.00
"KUPALA-FEST 2025"
final of the musical groups competition
State Institution "National Academic Drama Theatre named after Yakub Kolas"
(Zamkovaya Street, 2)
June 29
18.00
"MUSICAL 'VERNISAGE'"
musical and poetic evening
Exhibitions
"Marko" Shopping Center
June 20-July 4
throughout the day
"WE REMEMBER. WE HONOR. WE WILL NOT BETRAY."
Exhibition
Exhibition space of the pedestrian overpass
Moskovsky Avenue,
Tereshkova-Nikolaeva Street.
House of Culture of the Educational Institution "VGAVM"
(Dovatora Street, 3)
UNOVIS-Cosmos Venue. Embankment of the Park of Victors.
Victory Square.
Round Hall
of the "Vitebsk" Concert Hall
(Frunze Avenue, 1)
Kosmonavtov Street,
Budyonny Street
Cosmonauts Square
Observatory of the Educational Institution "VSMU
named after P.M. Mashherov" (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 COSMOS"
republican digital art competition
"SYMPHONY OF COSMOS"
exhibition of photographs by Hero of the Russian Federation, pilot-cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Hero of Belarus, cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya
"SYMPHONY OF COSMOS"
finals-creathon of winners
of the republican digital art competition
"VITEBSK – THE TRAVELING 'SYMPHONY OF COSMOS'"
quest walk along streets named after cosmonauts.
Part 1.
UNOVIS-Cosmos Venue. Embankment of the Park of Victors.
Victory Square.
Memorial flower laying at the memorial complex honoring Soviet soldiers, partisans, and underground fighters of the Vitebsk region.
Solemn meeting of youth with Hero of the Russian Federation, pilot-cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy,
Hero of Belarus, cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya,
academician, head of the Aviation and Space Development Department of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Pyotr Aleksandrovich Vityaz.
Ceremony of the Award Presentation for the winners of the republican digital art competition "Symphony of Space".
Meeting of guests and winners,
with the participation of Hero of the Russian Federation, pilot-cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky,
Hero of Belarus, cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya
TRAVELING "SYMPHONY OF SPACE"
quest walk along streets named after cosmonauts
Part 2. Cosmonauts Square,
Budenny Street.
Event "Friends-Cosmonauts".
Stele dedicated to cosmonauts Petr Klimuk (Belarus), Mirosław Hermaszewski (Poland)
TRAVELING "SYMPHONY OF SPACE"
quest walk.
Part 3. "The Birth of Scientific Astronomy"
Excursion to the astronomical center. Observatory of VSU
named after P. M. Masherov
Zheleznodorozhny District
(branch "Palace of Culture of Railway Workers" of GU "KIK "Golden Ring of Vitebsk "Dvina", district organizations)
June 25 -
August 28
throughout the day
"THE OLD CITY, THE GLORIOUS CITY SETS A MEETING FOR US..."
photo exhibition
UK "Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk"
(Beloborodova Street, 5;
Frunze Avenue, 11),
"Art-Space"
(Tolstoy Street, 7),
cultural institutions, educational institutions of the city
June 24-29
"PHOTOCROK"
X Photography Festival
named after S. Yurkovsky in Vitebsk
Museum of the History of VNKhU
(Shagal Street, 5a)
June 17-30
"VERA ERMOLOEVA: AMAZON OF THE RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE"
exhibition of painting and graphics from a private collection (Moscow)
GOU "Children's School of Arts No. 3 of Vitebsk "Maladik""
Exhibition Hall
(Voinov-Internatsionalistov Street, 19)
June 25
11.00-12.00
"PERSPECTIVE-2025"
XVIII Open Exhibition-Competition of Fine Arts.
Opening of the exhibition-competition
State Educational Institution "Children's Art School
of Vitebsk"
Exhibition hall
(Suvorova Street, 3)
(Mayakovsky Square)
June 26
12:00-12:40
13:00
"PERSPECTIVE-2025"
XVIII Open Exhibition-Competition of Visual Arts.
Opening
Awarding ceremony for the winners of the exhibition-competition
Exhibition hall
branch of the Cultural Institution "Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk"
(Beloborodova Street, 5)
June 26
16:00
"THREE ARTISTS WERE FRIENDLY: LEONID ANTIMONOV, OLEG ORLOV, ALEXANDER SOLOVYEV"
presentation of a project dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory, in A. Solovyov's hall
"ARRANGEMENT"
installations by V. Lyakhovich.
Sculpture by I. Kolodovsky
Marc Chagall Art Center
(Savetskaya Street, 25)
June 26
17:00
throughout the month
"A BRIGHT LINE OF CONSTELLATIONS" creative evening of poetry and author's song on the occasion of D. Simanovich's birthday
"HAPPY IS HE WHO, LIKE ULYSSES..."
original graphics by Marc Chagall and other artists from the museum's fund collections
Town Hall
(Lenina Street, 36, lobby)
June 27-28
11:00-23:00
Ascent to the panoramic platform of the Town Hall tower, guided tours
Town Hall
(Lenina Street, 36)
June 28
11:00-19:00
"TOWN HALL – CENTER OF VITEBSK", "PROFOTO", "OLD TOWN"
exhibitions (free admission)
Guided Tours
Historical center
of Vitebsk
(Chekhova Street,
Shcherbakova-Naberezhnaya Street,
Komissara Krylova Street,
Kosmonavtov Street)
June 28
10:30-16:00
11:00
13:30
16:00
EVENT "DEDICATED TO THE BELOVED CITY…"
(free thematic guided tours and quests):
Tour of the Church and Archaeological Cabinet of the Vitebsk Theological Seminary and the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, Vitebsk
starting point: 7 Komissara Krylova Street)
"THROUGH BELLA SHAGAL'S MEMORIES"
tour (starting point: fountain at Railway Square (Zadvinje district))
"HISTORY OF A STREET" (Chekhov Street) tour (starting point: "Mir" cinema, 3 Chekhov Street)
Art Museum
(32 Lenina Street)
June 28
12.00, 15.00
"WALKING AROUND THE CITY WITH PEN"
presentation of a tour and exhibition (by request)
City Hall
(36 Lenina Street)
– city tour
June 29
12.00
"JUST LIKE THAT, VITEBSK STYLE"
presentation of an original 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 tour on a mobile museum-tram around Vitebsk (by prior registration)
Free tour with musical accompaniment (by prior registration)
Vitebsk Millennium Square
June 28-29
20.00-24.00
Hot Air Balloon Rides
River Cruise
(route: Victory Square – Soviet Army Park – Victory Square)
June 28-29
12.00-19.00
River cruises along the Western Dvina River