21 Apr 2025 14:45:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Maxline Vitebsk won 3–1 over FC Smorgon on Mon Predicted lineups are available for the match a few days in advance while the actual lineup will be available about an hour ahead of the match This is the first time the teams are playing against each other Have scored 2 goals in their last 5 matches 21 Apr 2025 14:45:00 GMT?Maxline Vitebsk won 3–1 over FC Smorgon on Mon 21 Apr 2025 14:45:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 8 goals in their last 5 matches Maxline Vitebsk is playing home against FC Smorgon at Vitebskij CSK on Mon Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article His works in various media include sets for plays and ballets Characteristic works by Chagall from this period of early maturity are the nightmarish The Dead Man (1908) which depicts a roof violinist (a favourite motif) in which a portrait becomes an occasion for the artist to experiment with arranging black and white Often the principal character is the romantically handsome Memories of childhood and of Vitebsk were major sources of imagery for Chagall during this period Chagall painted local scenes and a series of studies of old men; examples of the series are The Praying Jew (or The Rabbi of Vitebsk the daughter of a wealthy Vitebsk merchant; among the many paintings in which she appears from this date onward are the depiction of flying lovers entitled Birthday (1915–23) and the high-spirited acrobatic Double Portrait with a Glass of Wine (1917) where he discovered that a large number of the pictures he had left behind in 1914 had disappeared in the 1920s Chagall also produced a number of smaller collections of engravings and an impressive quantity of coloured lithographs and monotypes “The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk” brought a brilliant show of color, music, dance and poetry to the Overture Center at its regional premiere from Jan. 25 to Feb. 11.  The Forward Theater Company, a local professional theater company based in Madison, put on the musical during its opening run in Madison. The musical was written by Daniel Jamieson, an actor and London native.  Set in the backdrop of the early 20th century, “The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk” tells the captivating love story between Marc Chagall — a famous Russian Jewish painter best known for his early modernism — and his wife, Bella.  Chagall’s artworks were transformed from canvas to theatrical stage by Forward. The design team took his paintings and layered them throughout the 90-minute play in the form of lighting, set design and emotionally rich music, creating an imaginative spectacle combining multiple mediums of artistic storytelling.  Chagall’s art showed up in the stained glass backdrop of the stage, costuming for Chagall and Bella, and Chagall’s actual portraits. One character, a Rabbi, was even played by a physical Chagall painting.   What did art mean in an inaccessible age? Like most theatrical shows, “The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk” informally asked big questions through poetry, movement and song. Chagall witnessed wars, revolutions, births and deaths. Different social and environmental circumstances influence the inward reflections upon viewing art in the theater. This was just one of the musical's many messages, art is based on interpretation. It is based on human experience.  For Chagall and Bella, art was not as accessible as it is today. You could not create something on a computer or find inspiration from apps like Instagram or Pinterest. Art was much harder to create, and artists who could make a living from their work were few and far between.  What held the two together in their pursuits was mutual love.  “Each night Marc comes home, and we invent a new color,” Bella (Emily Glick) said during the show.  The couple emphasized that to create art, you also need to create love, a concept the show depicted as an inseparable duality with pain. To continue as an artist, you must believe in what you are creating, who you are creating for and why you are creating.  “The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk” immerses audience members into a world of pure imagination. In the show, Chagall (Marcus Truschinski) took much of his artistic inspiration from his childhood. When he grew older and had to report to the financial and social constraints of being an adult, he came to an artistic block.  The lighting team showed the ebbs and flows of Chagall’s creativity. Lively bright hues of green and purple appeared when Marc was inspired, and darker, bleaker colors appeared when he was frustrated.  The audience is put directly into Chagall’s mind, seeing and feeling what Chagall sees and feels, just through different eyes. The perspective furthers a central theme addressed in the show: when someone is your soulmate, you see things the same through different eyes.  “The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk” shows how love can be art. It is a painfully beautiful and inspiring show that encompasses the immeasurable existence of an artist.  29 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Maxline Vitebsk vs Arsenal Dzerzhinsk on Sat The current head to head record for the teams are Maxline Vitebsk 1 win(s) 29 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT?Maxline Vitebsk vs Arsenal Dzerzhinsk on Sat 29 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT ended in a 2–2 tie.InsightsHave scored 6 goals in their last 3 matches Maxline Vitebsk is playing home against Arsenal Dzerzhinsk at Vitebskij CSK on Sat 16 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Maxline Vitebsk won 1–0 over FK Slutsk on Sun Have scored 5 goals in their last 2 matches 16 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT?Maxline Vitebsk won 1–0 over FK Slutsk on Sun 16 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 1 goals in their last 5 matches FK Slutsk is playing home against Maxline Vitebsk at City Stadium The current head to head record for the teams are Maxline Vitebsk 0 win(s) Maxline Vitebsk is playing home against Torpedo Zhodino on Thu 29 Mar 2025 15:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}FC Minsk won 2–1 over FK Vitebsk on Sat The current head to head record for the teams are FC Minsk 6 win(s) Have scored 4 goals in their last 5 matches Haven't scored in their last 2 matches FK Vitebsk have won the previous 2 matches against FC Minsk. 29 Mar 2025 15:00:00 GMT?FC Minsk won 2–1 over FK Vitebsk on Sat 29 Mar 2025 15:00:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 2 goals in their last 5 matches FK Vitebsk have won the previous 2 matches against FC Minsk FC Minsk is playing home against FK Vitebsk at FC Minsk Stadium on Sat 04 Apr 2025 17:30:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Maxline Vitebsk won 2–0 over Dynamo Brest on Fri Have scored 5 goals in their last 5 matches 04 Apr 2025 17:30:00 GMT?Maxline Vitebsk won 2–0 over Dynamo Brest on Fri 04 Apr 2025 17:30:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 6 goals in their last 5 matches Dynamo Brest is playing home against Maxline Vitebsk at OSK Brestskiy 03 May 2025 16:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Maxline Vitebsk won 1–0 over Neman Grodno on Sat Have scored 8 goals in their last 5 matches 03 May 2025 16:00:00 GMT?Maxline Vitebsk won 1–0 over Neman Grodno on Sat 03 May 2025 16:00:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 9 goals in their last 5 matches Maxline Vitebsk is playing home against Neman Grodno at Vitebskij CSK on Sat Marcus Truschinski and Emily Glick play Marc and Bella Chagall in the "The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk," a klezmer musical by Daniel Jamieson produced by Forward Theater Marcus Truschinski and Emily Glick play Marc and Bella Chagall in the "The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk." Chris Dunham designed the set Marcus Truschinski and Emily Glick play Marc and Bella Chagall in the "The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk," produced by Forward Theater in the Playhouse in Overture Center Marcus Truschinski and Emily Glick play Marc and Bella Chagall in the "The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk."  plays Marc Chagall in the "The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk" produced by Forward Theater Madison-based Forward Theater’s chamber musical tells an epic love story in 90 minutes When Bella Rosenfeld meets Marc Chagall, she’s holding a red balloon. She looks like that iconic Bansky painting As the first spark of love makes her lose her grip “The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk,” onstage from Forward Theater in the Overture Center Playhouse through Feb sparkles in tiny transcendent moments like this Daniel Jamieson’s chamber musical tells an intimate Director Brian Cowing, recently named the artistic director of Children’s Theater of Madison frames the play with a simple love song and a touch of vaudeville soft shoe and they spin around the center of the stage joyful yet longing — for the rest of the tale They court briefly before Marc heads to Paris where he “learnt everything I know about painting in my first 10 minutes at the Louvre.” They marry though Marcus Truschinski gives the artist an impish youthfulness that blooms when he’s close to Bella Bella’s playfulness lifts Marc and moves him to paint. Glick’s sly smile as she extends a pointed toe recalls her other roles on Madison stages — catch a glimpse of Ilona in “She Loves Me” in that swivel “We’re like a pair of opera glasses,” Bella tells Marc on their “milkmoon” just after their wedding Cowing’s production works like an act of translation Petals float down from above and messages drop in straight down Reaching arms and arching backs echo the movement of a paintbrush Ian Ross composed the klezmer-inspired score accordion and mandolin (played by music director Sam Taylor) and cello (Brian Grimm) Those more intimately familiar with Chagall’s work will see the artistic layers in “Flying Lovers,” echoed by a gorgeous sloping set designed by Chris Dunham and lit by Greg Hofmann letters and cityscapes burst with color and shrink into shadow Chagall, a prolific 20th century artist who worked across styles, may be having a theatrical moment. This piece, Jamieson’s dramatization of the Chagall love story, took top honors at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017 James Sherman’s “Chagall in School,” produced at Theatre Wit in Chicago two years ago takes a deeper dive into Chagall’s return to Vitebsk in 1919 to run a new school for art with no fees or age restrictions Suprematist artists making abstract work of “pure feeling” threw him out “Flying Lovers” charms even without context but like any well-made piece inspired by history it inspires a closer look into real biography One late night discovery: Chagall’s painting from the Moscow State Yiddish Theater in 1920 inspired the title for “Fiddler on the Roof.” Delightful Lindsay Christians is the food editor and arts writer for the Cap Times She has a master's degree in theatre research from UW-Madison and is a member of the American Theatre Critics Association To support Lindsay's journalism, click here to become a Cap Times member. To respond to this story, click here to submit a letter to the editor forwardtheater.com/show/the-flying-lovers-of-vitebsk; (608) 258-4141 Running time is 85 minutes with no intermission Become a Cap Times member today and enjoy great benefits Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk to open officially on 11 July Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko announced new appointments on 26 September Gleb Shulman - Deputy Chairman of the National State Television and Radio Company The President approved the appointment of: Aleksei Geroyev - Chairman of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee member of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee; Pavel Silivonchik - Chairman of the Kalinkovichi District Executive Committee; Roman Sergun - Chairman of the Vetka District Executive Committee; Aleksandr Versotsky - Chairman of the Lida District Executive Committee; Andrei Gritskevich - Chairman of the Svisloch District Executive Committee; Vasily Shlyk - Chairman of the Voronovo District Executive Committee; Andrei Ratomsky - Chairman of the Nesvizh District Executive Committee; Nikolai Paramonov - Chairman of the Smolevichi District Executive Committee; Viktor Pugach - Chairman of the Klimovichi District Executive Committee; Dmitry Mudrogelov - Chairman of the Mogilev District Executive Committee; Yuri Blakhin  - Chairman of the Mstislavl District Executive Committee; Marina Zgorskaya - Head of the Administration of the Leninsky District of Bobruisk; Sergei Avramenko - Director General of OAO Minsk Tractor Works; Andrei Panchenko - Director General of the State Production Association of the Electric Power Industry Belenergo; Ivan Demidov - Director General of the Belarusian State Association for Procurement Processing and Supply of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metal Scrap and Waste - Director General of OAO Belvtorchermet; Olga Gorlovaya - Rector of the Vitebsk Order of the Badge of Honor Aleksandr Lomsky - First Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister; Denis Yezersky - Deputy Information Minister; Svetlana Eskova - Deputy Taxes and Duties Minister; Tatiana Ruskevich - Deputy Communications and Informatization Minister; Valentina Yakimovich - Deputy Justice Minister; Aleksandr Lipnitsky- Head of the Directorate of Information Policy and Social Development at the Belarus President Administration 3 January (BelTA) – Fifteen families from the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People's Republics are vacationing in a health resort in Lettsy in Vitebsk District Chairman of the Regional Council of Deputies Dmitry Demidov and Paralympic athlete and public figure Aleksei Talai came to meet the guests arrived at the health resort on 26 December 2024 They are enjoying health boosting procedures entertainment and gifts for the New Year.Irina Lukashova from Mariupol came on vacation with her granddaughter Anna She said that she lost her son and Anya lost her mom “We are grateful to the whole team for bringing us here May you never experience what we have experienced stand together to have peace in our countries,” the woman said holding back tears how he took step by step to get out of a difficult situation and shared the things that kept him strong His example impressed everyone at the meeting They gave a standing ovation to a courageous man who is doing sports and charity strong hugs and tears of joy - no one hid how happy they were to touch a peaceful life It was not for the first time that recuperation holidays for the residents of Donbass were organized in Vitebsk Oblast “It has become a good tradition for us to organize such projects with the support of our enterprises organizations and the Aleksei Talai Foundation It is symbolic that we welcomed the delegation of vacationers on the eve of the New Year - a magical time when we all hope for a miracle The enthusiasm with which our enterprises join such projects makes us proud of our fellow countrymen,” the head of the Vitebsk Oblast deputy corps emphasized a fantastic saga about a journey through galaxies and a love story on board—just about any film idea can be brought to life in Moscow the city has built a huge open-air space with fake houses streets and courtyards from cities in Russia Cinema Park Phase 1 was unveiled this summer It is expected to be a key site of the Moscow Film Cluster a world-class project being created in Moscow scriptwriters and actors have 18 locations featuring old churches and fairytale houses streets of today’s Moscow and even the steps of the Reichstag,  at their disposal These sets can be seen in films and during themed tours A mos.ru reporter has visited the most popular of them is located in the Krasnopakhorsky District of Moscow Welcomed at the main entrance with a futuristic arch featuring relief panels and neat letters of the name as if written by hand,  we are heading towards a large building with panoramic windows occupied  by the educational center of the cinema park the Moskino Cinema and a Gonzaga Theater set Guide Aleksandra Vasilyeva is greeting a tour group at the glass door  and accompanying them to the bus “The cinema park today has 18 location shooting sites The number of locations is to increase to more than 64 with the cinema park area growing almost sixfold The park is expected to be the largest location shooting site in the world,” the tour guide says which is a large grey pavilion numbered 19   housing the prop and costume center Firebird It features more than 2.5 million items: furniture neatly laid out clothes and shoes from different eras The pavilion houses any item—from cast iron and a gramophone to an old-fashioned TV Multi-meter shelves have an abundance of exhibits from the past specialists are bending over a mountain of old suitcases to select props for future filming Over and over again they are repeating a set of numbers:  176 by which one can find out its availability and location on the shelves It is indicated with a special sticker  to find the item and book it for the film Things from the film set are often brought to the pavilion for storage to be used later when filming the next season of the TV series,” explains Aleksandra Vasilyeva The next point is a location shooting site The bus starts moving and three minutes later we find ourselves in quiet St The old cobblestones and two-story houses with straight window frames make streets look realistic such buildings are not made of brick or concrete The main building materials for location houses are polystyrene foam and plywood Having looked at the houses of the cultural capital of Russia This country is represented by four location shooting sites: the streets of Berlin with characteristic signs Сheckpoint Charlie that separated the GDR and the FRG a model of the Berlin Wall and the steps of the Reichstag gloomy columns and layers of dark paint that barely survived the shelling are an ideal picture for shooting the most poignant film about the war “Specialists are working on the sets on site Advertisements can be posted onto the display windows to convey the atmosphere of the century and bullet holes can be made in the walls if shooting happens in the scene,” emphasizes Aleksandra Vasilyeva Behind the huge gates with bright red signs there is a site with an earthling base on another planet “This is the set for Alexei Rybnikov’s new film The film’s main character remembers that he once was posted on a distant planet The earthling base created for filming can be seen in the movie The work on the site was completed only recently and now the sets are being dismantled,” says the mos.ru source This site has the largest corner chroma key in Europe to create any complex scenes: from a plane diving to a journey to various planets of our Galaxy not the green color but the blue one was used to create the chroma key this is because it is an outdoor location and does not color the contours with reflected light as much as interior green chroma keys do “The secret of chroma key lies in contrast The reason is that they are not found on human skin which makes the actors stand out from their background,” notes Aleksandra Vasilyeva There is usually an airplane parked in front of the huge chroma key on the set Now it has been moved to make room for filming Moskino Cinema Park also has its own airport and the interiors look realistic—with check-in desks Inspired by the building of Platov Airport in Rostov-on-Don,  it can be repainted and redesigned to resemble any other airport Movie characters can set off on a journey from the railway station,  next to the fake airport It is an exact copy of the Vitebsk Railway Station in St the platform canopies are made of automotive plastic “Airports and railway stations are very popular filming sites filming in such places is very challenging because of restricted areas and permissions required the cinema park offers comfortable locations to create an atmosphere of various centuries,” notes the mos.ru interlocutor Настоящий Ту-154. 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and Emily Glick in "The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk," Forward Theater the world still contains brokenness and sorrow Such a moment takes place partway through The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk a musical play mounted by Forward Theater and playing at the Overture Center-Playhouse through Feb The love story of Marc Chagall and his wife unfolds over about 90 minutes and against a backdrop of geopolitical upheaval beautifully captures the passion and color that emerged from this union — and fed Chagall's work — it struggles to hold But how wonderfully this production portrays those heady early days of love but allowed to achieve his genius in large part played with operatic fullness by Emily Glick and rich and lovely lighting design by Greg Hofmann lifting and vibrant qualities of some of Chagall's most recognizable works onto the stage Set designer Chris Dunham beautifully blends whimsy and gravitas Petals and letters fall from the sky to move the story along The backdrop is reminiscent of Chagall's stained-glass work while suitcases propped and stacked around the stage nod to the forced migration that marked so much of the modern European Jewish experience And the Chagalls were no exception to that experience The audience knows from the start that the titular Vitebsk not in the way that Marc remembered and painted it Gone are the cows and chickens and dozens of synagogues and smells of his mother's coffee brewing the city's Jews had nearly all either fled farther into the Soviet Union or been massacred at the hands of the Nazis These decades of global calamity mark an odd shift in the pacing of the play which seems to want to move too quickly through the pain It suggests that a love story is essentially told through the passion of courtship and not how it perseveres in the face of horror and unfathomable loss banal challenges that arise in a marriage between two brilliant people tossed up against those circumstances but she alone is the ground beneath him: the force that keeps him going It's not an accident that we have heard of Marc but need a play to tell us that the woman in his paintings was named Bella She alone cares for their infant daughter in her first days Bella vows to "waste her life" with her beloved while she has maintained his existence in the face of seismic world shifts But maybe it's impossible to truly hold onto the aches and losses of love alongside its joys and generative qualities a man seated near me sighed so audibly it was as though he'd been holding his breath the entire time It was as though the audience had been brought to a precipice His name is Daniel Jamieson and he created the show over several years The play then won the highest accolade at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017 the story couldn’t have come to theatrical light please send an email with the following information to calendar@isthmus.com Here's the information we need to include your event in our calendar: * event date; 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I have seen The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk before I’ve seen it twice before in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and at Wilton’s Music Hall I loved it so much I jumped at the chance to see it again It gave a completely different perspective to the performance I could appreciate their facial expressions so much more than I normally can Kneehigh The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk – Credit Steve Tanner Marc Antolin as Marc Chagall and Audrey Brisson as Bella Chagall.The Flying Lovers tells the story of Jewish Russian painter Marc Chagall and his muse We witness momentous history through their eyes; from their meeting in 1909 in Vitebsk (in modern-day Belarus) and the context and consequences of the spread of both Communism All this is achieved with a cast of two: Marc Antolin as Marc Chagall and Audrey Brisson as Bella Chagall They are ably supported on stage by Composer and Musical Director Ian Ross on Piano and James Gow on cello As soon as Ian started to play the piano I felt a sense of excitement that I very rarely feel in these COVID days the music is beautiful and truly encapsulates the atmosphere and events that are taking place throughout the play’s proceedings Everything about this production is delightful the set design and the costumes are all perfect Green cows and red cockerels feature heavily Marc Antolin demonstrates tremendous athleticism leaping and springing around the stage and he and Audrey Brisson also have spectacular singing voices Marc and Bella see the same things and enjoy and appreciate the same things they live through tremendous hardships together With Marc working long hours while Bella stays in their tiny flat in St Petersburg in order to look after their baby paints them and puts his name at the bottom of the painting who is highly intelligent and well-educated writes a journal which is not discovered and translated until after her death The Chagalls were soulmates who saw the same things but saw them differently probably Director Emma Rice’s greatest triumph Perhaps you’ve seen them floating over a Russian village Or perhaps you’ve seen her toppling forward as he arches above her head and steals a kiss Meet Marc and Bella Chagall—the flying lovers of Vitebsk Marc and Bella are immortalised as the picture of romance in life they walked through some of the most devastating times in history Previous The Fabulist Fox Sister at Southwark Playhouse | Review Sh!t Theatre’s Sh!t Actually at the Rose Theatre | Review Bristol Old VicEmma Rice’s final Kneehigh show is a love letter to the company she founded as much as a celebration of Marc and Bella Chagall and their lost Russian-Jewish world but day to day it was Bella who kept them airborne The tension between a personal life and the artist’s life is constantly examined in this deceptively simple and yet complex show The Jewish population of Vitebsk before the second world war was 180,000 When Russian forces liberated the city in 1944 only 180 remained black and white postcards of Vitebsk are handed from the stage into the audience where they are swallowed up and disappear Watch a trailer for The Flying Lovers of VitebskThis and the other great events of the 20th century provide the background to a piece that in Sophia Clist’s design – like a rackety wooden raft tossed on the waves of history – conjures the richness of Chagall’s paintings and the hustle and bustle of daily life: the steam from a samovar starting to bubble; a muddle of shoes recalling the Holocaust This is a show that feels deeply personal and deeply felt reflecting back Chagall’s art from the stage but it’s also a paean to the quiet creativity of uncelebrated or less celebrated lives and to the idea that even when you find your soulmate you are seeing the same things through different eyes Audrey Brisson and Marc Antolin are so utterly delightful as the lovers you could gobble them up. Rice delivers a parting love letter to Kneehigh and its audiences Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko attended the Vitebsk Oblast harvest festival Dazhynki 2024 in Polotsk It is necessary to make up minds about a strategy designed to develop Vitebsk Oblast and primarily its agribusiness complex Aleksandr Lukashenko gave the relevant instructions when he arrived in the city of Polotsk “What are we going to do with Vitebsk Oblast or in Vitebsk Oblast?” Aleksandr Lukashenko asked civil servants and primarily the agriculture and food minister upon arriving in the city “I’d like to warn you: if the current President remains in place and the oblast governor will tell me every little detail of what we will do about Vitebsk Oblast Despite the festive occasion I can say that Vitebsk Oblast works poorly.” They should find their place here and their wages,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed It is necessary to make decisions on everything: what field But conditions for people at this complex or the farm should be good.” The head of state warned civil servants not to even try to whitewash the situation: tilling standards are low We don’t need extensive agriculture that relies on more land,” the President pointed out But you will be held responsible for the experiment you’ve been conducting in Vitebsk Oblast since Sherstnev’s time.” Aleksandr Lukashenko said in his speech during the harvest festival Dazhynki: “Our durability has been tested many times in attempts to take away the freedom Emotions concerning Belarus continue running high Some cannot stay calm because of our sovereignty The most sophisticated methods are used against us in order to nullify and erase us from history You can see for yourselves how the situation around us is getting more intense As the President I’ve been doing and will do everything for Belarus to be free “Our response to all the underhand practices is creation And for rural residents it is primarily crop farming Food has always been the hardest currency at all times,” the Belarusian leader stressed Aleksandr Lukashenko presented awards to the best agrarians of Vitebsk Oblast who are dedicated to their work and successfully compete with colleagues from other regions There is no doubt that every individual accomplishment stems from huge daily work of an entire worker collective: executives who worked the land to grow cereals all these years and this year It is also a goal of my attending your oblast Dazhynki festival: I deemed it necessary to come here in order to bow low to you in recognition of your work “You are the foundation of our life and the foundation of our security It is only thanks to you that we haven’t been dragged into some wars It seems we don’t live rich lives but we live in peace and it is what matters who have dedicated their lives to the noblest occupation: peasant’s work,” the President stressed Aleksandr Lukashenko thanked agrarians for their diligence and perseverance and presented government awards to the best agricultural workers of Vitebsk Oblast The President awarded an Order of Labor Glory to Director of Agrokombinat Yubileiny Aleksandr Firsin The head of state awarded an Order of Honor to Vyacheslav Anikovich Aleksandr Lukashenko presented Medals for Labor Merits to Marina Adamchik an operator of a pig breeding complex of the Mayak Braslavsky cooperative; Aleksandr Batyan a driver of the Yakubovo-Agro enterprise; Yelena Kostyuk the Chief Agronomist of the agricultural enterprise Novoselki-Luchai; Tatiana Sokolovskaya a machine milking operator at OAO Mayak Vysokoye; and Tatiana Savgen stock-breeder of the agricultural enterprise Mazolovogaz of PRUP UP Vitebskoblgaz Presidential commendations were bestowed upon Aleksei Dikovich a veterinarian with the agricultural division of Postavy Dairy Plant; Aleksandr Zyabko machine operator with the Zarya branch of ZAO Vitebskagroprodukt; Aleksandr Moiseyenko machine operator with the agricultural enterprise Ilyushensky; Svetlana Znarok Head of the Lepel District Veterinary Station Chief Veterinary Officer of Lepel District; Aleksei Ploskonos an agronomist with OAO Kushliki; Yuri Yazev a driver of the machine and tractor depot of the Vitebsk Oblast agricultural services enterprise; Grigory Yantsevich machine operator with the Konstantinov Dvor enterprise; Yulia Yarmilova a vegetable grower of the agronomical service of the Vesna-Energo branch of RUP Vitebskenergo Presidential commendations were also bestowed upon worker collectives of Vitebsk Broiler Poultry Factory and the agricultural enterprise OAO Shaiterovo The latter also received a gift certificate for an MTZ tractor In response Vitebsk Oblast agrarians presented a festive round loaf to the head of state New Year's children’s charity campaign to kick off in Belarus on 16 December The New Year's charity campaign Our Children will kick off in Belarus on 16 December which took place over the course of Shabbat ‘Nachamu’ and lasted until Monday The ceremony was led by the Rabbi of the ‘Bolshoi Bronia’ synagogue in Moscow These included a representative on behalf of the Rabbi of Minsk – Rabbi Shneur Zalman Deitsch the Rabbi of Mogilev – Rabbi Menachem Mendel Alperovitz the Rabbi of Brisk – Rabbi Chaim Rabinowitz the Rabbi of Grodna – Rabbi Yitzchak Kaufman the Rabbi of Vitebsk – Rabbi Malkiel Gorgodze the Rabbis of Pinsk – Rabbi Moshe Fima and Rabbi Avraham Gvirtzman the Chabad emissary to the village of Lubavitch – Rabbi Gabriel Gordon The official ceremony took place in a massive tent erected in the synagogue’s courtyard and all those who contributed to the synagogue’s completion and the success of the celebration in Vitebsk The impressive events left a lasting impression on the hearts of all Vitebsk’s Jewish community