professor, laureate of the state prize of the republic of belarus, galina krivoblodskaya. artist, recognized authority in hand weaving. her tapestries are in the national art museum, the belarusian museum of history and culture, private collections in the usa, india and germany. and other countries. the rainbow decorates the small hall of the palace of the republic, and gabilen - the melody of the earth - decorates the national library. galina krivoblodskaya’s works have been repeatedly exhibited not only in our country, but in russia, ukraine, poland, germany, turkey and the usa. it was galina petrovna who created the stage costumes for the ensemble of the good singers and the legendary singers. on june 30, 1970, in the third year in the village of zhovtnevoye, chernigov region, the future opera singer, winner of the francis skarina medal, was born. honored artist of the republic of belarus, andrey valentiy. as a child , he spent all his free time at the airfield where his father worked, dreaming of becoming a pilot, but while studying at the institute, andrei became inte