Minsk is hosting the nationwide public and cultural campaign Marathon of Unity, BelTA informs.
Vadim Shepet, a popular radio host, played the accordion in the hall of the railway station. The composition he performed about the president has become one of the highlights of the Time Chose Us concerts. In the Marathon of Unity host cities it was performed by the military choir. This time the song was sung by dozens of people at the railway station in the Belarusian capital.
“The Marathon of Unity came to Minsk with a huge number of events: exhibitions, flash mobs, concerts. Certainly, I am very happy to take part in the opening of a unique exhibition of gifts to the president from the labor collectives of our country. This is a unique experience. The exhibits from the Palace of Independence are travelling around the country. This wonderful idea belongs to the organizers of the marathon,” Natalya Eismont said.
The press secretary stressed that the museum of gifts in the Palace of Independence houses over 1,000 exhibits. “Tens of thousands of people visit the Palace of Independence every year on tours. They are always welcomed there. I would like to note that gifts in the Palace of Independence are always a matter of interest for our visitors, including foreign ones. Many of our Russian friends and guests from the whole post-Soviet space come to visit us and, when they see the museum of gifts, they always say: 'We do not have anything like this.' This is certainly very pleasant to hear,” she added.
“I would like to say that this is not the first experience of interaction [of the National Library of Belarus] with the Palace of Independence. Another exhibition, which traveled all over the country, was Books Gifted to the President. It is a unique collection of editions presented to the head of state not only by foreign politicians, statesmen, but also by public figures, journalists, artists. It helps to reveal both the inner world of the president and our era. We can say exactly the same about the exhibition of gifts to the head of state,” Vadim Gigin said.
