12 AGENDA The Times Thursday, June 14, 2012

Exhibitions MODERN FINE ARTS MUSEUM Festival of the week 47 Nezavisimosti Avenue From 29th June. Town Sketches From 27th October. In Step with Time MUSEUM OF MINSK CITY HISTORY 10 Revolyutsionnaya Street Until 1st March. New Year: Minsk Time NATIONAL LIBRARY OF 116 Nezavisimosti Avenue From 28th January. Great Talent, Great Work, Great Heart From 19th October. Italian Books in Belarus from Bona Sforza’s Times From 10th October. Eternal Jazz YANKA KUPALA STATE LITERARY MUSEUM 4 Y. Kupala Street Permanent exhibition Poetry from Kupala’s Land From 27th October. Planet Belarus NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF BELARUS 12 Karl Marx Street Permanent exhibition 16th-18th Century Belarus in Portraits and Heraldry From 8th May. Refl ections of Military Glory From 6th May. Medieval Instruments of Punishment NATIONAL ART MUSEUM OF BELARUS 20 Lenin Street Permanent exhibition Belarusian Artists from the 19th-early 20th Century From 6th April. Amazing Belarus

BELTA From 7th June. Diverse National Festival of Belarusian Song and Poetry held in Molodechno Paintings

Theatres NATIONAL ACADEMIC BOLSHOI OPERA Kaleidoscope of history unveiled AND BALLET THEATRE 1 Parizhskoy Kommuny Square 18.06. Eugene Onegin 20.06. Romeo and Juliet June of decades and centuries past comes to life 21.06. The Magic Flute vich) was born. vizh received its emblem — a shield di- YANKA KUPALA NATIONAL ACADEMIC 20th June. In 1908, Belarusian and vided in two parts: the right depicting a THEATRE 7 Engels Street Polish archaeologist Vladimir Golubovi- half of a black eagle (against the golden 15.06. Pinsk Gentry 17.06. Offi ce 18 and 19.06. ch was born. He researched ancient Vilno background) and the left showing ten People of the Marsh 20.06. Baroque Style Love and Minsk, studied Grodno archaeologi- stripes of blue, red and yellow. NEW DRAMA THEATRE cal excavations and was an expert in eth- 18th June. In 1898, a tram service was 16 Liza Chaikina Street nography and place names. launched in Vitebsk. Th e fi rst Belarusian 19.06 Happiness of Mine... 20.06. Chance of a 20th June. In 1912, Honoured Figure electric tram consisted of 18 engine and Lifetime of Arts of Belarus Konstantin Poplavsky 16 trailing carriages. BELARUSIAN STATE ACADEMIC was born. 20th June. In 1637, the town of Ruzh- MUSICAL THEATRE 20th June. In 1928, Belarusian paint- any received its emblem: a circle of red 44 Myasnikov Street 15th June. In 1977, the fi rst stone was er Gavriil Vashchenko was born — an roses on a silver background, with a man 15.06. The Soviet Period Park 16.06. Save Me, laid for the . Honoured Figure of Arts of Belarus and at the centre holding a cross and lilies. My Beloved 17 and 21.06. The Gypsy Princess 15th June. In 1821, music theorist, People’s Artist of Belarus. Ruzhany was established in 1552 (owned 18.06. The Devil and the Virgin 19.06. www. teacher and composer Nikolay Zarembo 21st June. In 1908, Belarusian literary by Duke Tyszkiewicz). siliconovayadura.net 20.06. Charley’s Aunt was born. critic Stepan Maikhrovich was born. 20th June. In 1948, a branch of the NATIONAL ACADEMIC 17th June. In 1903, Honoured Ar- 20th June. In 1958, Belarusian painter Yanka Kupala Literary Museum opened THEATRE tiste of Belarus Mikhail Zorev (real name Leonid Gomonov was born. in the poet’s native village of Vyazynka 5 Volodarsky Street Shtoklyand) was born — an actor and 15th June. In 1812, following the (Molodechno district). 15.06. Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 16 and 17.06. #13 19.06. Notes of a Tired Dreamer 20.06. The Visit producer. Tsar’s order, Polotsk Jesuit College was 21.06. Caught in the Net 17th June. In 1915, poet Dmitry Ko- given. BELARUSIAN REPUBLICAN YOUNG valev was born, who translated Belaru- 15th June. In 1903, the new building SPECTATORS’ THEATRE sian literary works. for Minsk’s branch of the State Bank was 5 Frunze Street 18th June. In 1911, Honoured Figure solemnly laid in Podgornaya Street (now, 15.06. Three Piglets 20.06. Puss-in-the-Boots 21.06. of (1960) Alexander Karl Marx Street). The Enchanted Forest Fairytales Shidlovsky was born. 16th June. In 1870, Minsk’s city self- THEATRE-STUDIO OF FILM ACTORS 18th June. In 1913, Belarusian literary administration system was reformed and 13 Pobediteley Avenue critic and doctor of philological sciences, a city duma was established. 15.06. The Makropoulos Case 16 and 17.06. The Professor Fiodor Kuleshov, was born. 17th June. In 1793, the extraordinary Mechanical Man 19 and 20.06. The Battlefi eld 21.06. 19th June. In 1901, mathematician Grodno Sejm — the last Sejm of the Rzecz 21st June. In 1930, the Medical De- Anna Snegina Anatoly Lurie was born. Pospolita — was held. partment of the BSU was reformed as BELARUSIAN STATE 19th June. In 1912, Belarusian poet, 17th June. In 1890, a newly-built town Minsk State Medical Institute. Since April PUPPET THEATRE translator and local folklore researcher theatre opened in Minsk. Since 1920, it 2001, it has been known as the Belarusian 20 Engels Street Piotr Bitel was born. has been occupied by the Yanka Kupala State Medical University. 16.06. Puss-in-the-Boots 19th June. In 1924, People’s Writer of National Academic Th eatre. 21st June. In 1961, Bereza’s Local His- 17.06. Merry Circus Belarus Vasil Bykov (Vasily Vladimiro- 18th June. In 1586, the town of Nes- tory Museum was founded.

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