among numerous, including international awards, the larisa alexandrovskaya prize, the state prize forhe role of vladimir in the ballet ragned's passion, andrei divan, staged by valentin elizariev. the national art museum of belarus was founded in minsk on january 24, 1939. as the state art gallery of the bssr, in a short period of time, valuable works of religious and decorative art, large funds of paintings, graphics, and a great national collection were collected, which were not evacuate, was almost completely lost. after the war, miraculously surviving masterpieces were found in the former bishop's courtyard in minsk, where the belarusian state museum was located. belarusian iconography has returned to the exhibition, a collection of stale portraits found by soviet soldiers in the cities of east prussia. in 1989 , the current building at 25 kirova street was transferred to the museum . the national art museum is the world's largest collection of belarusian art. to date number of exhibits in all collections and funds. amounts to 33,000 units from more than 130 countries and about 12