by decree of the president of our country, my husband was appointed ambassador of the republic of belarus. in september of this year, we arrived in minsk, this is my first time here.

well, our morning began, as always, i prepare breakfast for my husband, and this is our traditional kazakh tea, it is brewed very strong, served with cream, with hot water, and of course hot water, what i prepared for husband, here we have kazakh baursaki, this is our traditional dish, all kazakhs love it very much, i think not only... but baursaks, cheesecakes, my husband eats healthy food, so we have porridge every morning, so i prepared everything for my husband, breakfast is ready, and we can go for a walk.

i am originally from kazakhstan, i was born and raised in the city of almaat, it is a beautiful city, and can you imagine, from anywhere in the city you can see the mountains, because almaata is located in the foothills, i really love going to the mountains, moreover, my whole family loves go hiking, my husband often organizes hiking trips and we go with the whole family, backpacks, walks, climb to streams, but this is great, this great, now, if we talk specifically about today, the weather is not much different, say, from astana , because it is also windy and cold, my husband was recently appointed ambassador of the republic of belarus in the summer, in connection with this, we had a move to minsk.

for me it was very pleasant, because it’s a wonderful country, good people, by the way, very similar in mentality to kazakh people, that is, open, friendly, kind, this is my first time in belarus, of course, i know a lot about belarus, i have a friend from belarus and when we flew here for the first time, i had been in minsk not long ago, no more than 3 months, the first thing i noticed was the crystal clear air, i was thirsty, and of course, the space, which opened before my eyes, i was very impressed, that is , the first impression was very, very fresh, very beautiful, because we arrived at 5:00 in the morning, it was dawn, i really liked it, the first impression was. because we flew from

vietnam, the climate there is completely different the tropics are hot, and here the pine is so fresh, by the way, it reminded me very much of astana , not only ostana, but we have a borovoe place near ostana, it’s not far from kakchetav, and there are also a lot of pine trees and a lot of birches. also the same beautiful fresh air, a new place - i wouldn’t say it’s discomfort, it’s always some expectations, some experiences, because a new country, a new culture, new customs, new people, again, discomfort i don’t have one as such, i don’t feel it, i i feel quite comfortable.

i am an economist by education, i graduated from the institute of national economy, i have always been a hard-working person, that is, i have always had... interesting work in various fields in my profession upon arrival in minsk, literally probably on the second or third day i was invited and there is in the minsk community, there is a club - the international minsk women's club of wives of ambassadors, diplomats and foreign representatives. when i came to this meeting, it was very interesting, i met new ladies, and literally a few days later they invited me to a meeting and they immediately offered me to head this club, the fact is that the previous president of the women’s club, elvira ozhan, she is the wife of the turkish ambassador,

their mission is ending in the country of belarus, and they need there was a person, another, who could replace her in this position, of course, i thought, probably for a week, whether to accept this offer or not, when i decided for myself that i was obliged to pick up and continue the work that the club was doing, in in particular the president of this club, a great responsibility, i understand this very well, and i will try to do everything right, if you can do something... to help, you should do it, because these children, these people, they need help, this club performs a very important function, it is engaged in charity work, the club is about 30-odd years old, and this is not the club that deals with the leisure time of diplomats’ wives, but

this club has been supervising for many years providing maximum assistance and support to several orphanages and in particular psychoneurological dispensary, there are people of varying degrees of severity who live in this institution and this club , buys some materials, in particular provides them with art, that is, through art therapy, they have achieved very great results, they draw, they sculpt, they there are their own... and they do carpentry, they embroider, weave rugs, what i saw, i was deeply amazed that a healthy person cannot always do what these people did, and the director of this institution told me that

they have now reduced the consumption of medications through art therapy, we now have a big major event coming up with this, this is my first event that will be under my leadership, i have intensively taken up this work, i have created a working group, of course, the beginning it was difficult, because this is a new country for me, to begin with, these are new people who were unfamiliar to me , in this short period we became close, we found a common language, and most importantly, we have a very important goal, to carry out upcoming fair charity, which takes place every year in december, in minsk, before minsk we worked in vietnam for more than four years, and i was also a member of the club there, there were other

tasks, there was also a club for the wives of ambassadors, here it is in a slightly different format, to other concepts, a different vision, and also in kazakhstan there are charities... to the club of wives of ambassadors and, it seems, diplomats, they annually hold fairs, charity balls, charity evenings, where a lot of people gather, in general this practice is charities and with the involvement of spouses - ambassadors, it operates everywhere all over the world and there may be some differences somewhere, but everyone has the same goal. i am very glad to meet you, today we

will decorate the christmas tree, because the new year is coming, we will now assemble the christmas tree, make wishes, and so that our wishes will all come true. now we are in an orphanage, the children are wonderful, everyone who hung a toy on this tree made a wish, i also made my wish, and in general it’s an interesting tradition to make a wish for the new year, and as a rule, it is not always fulfilled, this some kind of magic happens looking at these children, and i am so overwhelmed with emotions that it is difficult to focus my words and i

would really like for as many people as possible to provide some kind of help to these children, no matter in what amount, no matter how you provide it , the main thing is that when you make some contribution to help children, it’s always interesting for me to communicate with children, i think that they also feel, children in general, they are so interesting in the sense that they feel people if you show them interest, if you are interested in the child, and you you can’t deceive them, they immediately feel the falseness, that is, if you are sincere, if you talk to him as an equal, not like an adult child, the child feels it and he is drawn to you, well... i don’t know, it somehow worked out,

that my children always respond to me and this makes me very happy, and i love children , our club will do everything that is needed, naturally, taking into account the traditions that have already developed over these 30 years, maybe even we will probably , do not notice what we are doing today, because it is so important when you can you... organize, when you can do something for the children, of which there are many , the event that we are now planning, an international charity fair, it will take place at the junction of the three largest districts of the city, each participant will exhibit a stand immersion in the country, this is very interesting, this is very cool, not everyone can get to some other country, some city, learn some culture, the children who we invited to this event,

this is also the first time, we invited the children of an orphanage , and take part as a spectator, in our, in our fair, we will have a large concert program, where artists from belarus, representatives of different countries, diasporas who live here will perform ... in belarus, within the framework of the fair , we will announce a competition for the best slogan for this event, that is this is every person, any participant , child, adult, guest, he can come up with an interesting slogan and receive a prize for this, of course, all the funds collected at this charity fair will be transferred, given to certain persons, because we have a certain plan

that we have drawn up, who is in dire need of such specific help today, and i believe that this is very, very important for us today, our women's club, all women, everyone has a family, everyone there are children , grandchildren, we are outside politics, we are for the sun to shine, for the children to laugh, for them to be happy, and if we can help, we are obliged to do so. we arrived at the secondary school in minsk, named after mukhtar oezov. this is our uh, great poet, writer, publicist, and this school is located on the street, also bearing the name... mukhtar auezov, and here is a stand, you can see, here

are exhibits of kazakh culture, as well as books, mukhtar uezov, copies of documents, i would also like to draw your attention to the fact that here at the stand there is a kazakh costume, kazakh kamzol, and also on the school grounds there is a monument , installed with the participation of our embassy of kazakhstan and also with this direct connection between kazakhstan and belarus, also the fact that in this school they study the culture of kazakhstan, they study the history of kazakhstan, they study the kazakh language, children dance, when i first came to this school, when i saw belarusian children on stage, dancing

kazakh dances, dancing kamazhay, it was... just wonderful and the children read poetry in the kazakh language, staged a play in the kazakh language , that is, here is a generation of young people, a direct connection between the peoples, kazakhstan and belarus, and this only strengthens us, connects us, and i believe that this is probably one of the most important points. i want to introduce you to a traditional kazakh dwelling, this is a yurta, kazakhs were nomads, they roamed from one place to another place, they always carried their house with them, they chose a special place for the yurt, the door of the yurt was always located strictly to the south, because

the sun came from the doors, the daily routine, the kazakhs built, and from the sun , that is, it was warm in this yurt in winter, and because it is made from above, it was made of felt , here is the felt lining of this yurt, it consists of several three important parts, the most important part of the yurt is the shanerak, if you pay attention, the shanerak we have... is present in the coat of arms of kazakhstan and a hearth was always installed under the shinirak, this is where the cauldron stood, and where the table stood, i also wanted to draw attention to the fact that the kazakhs from ancient times drank kumiss and poured mare’s milk here, after

which they whipped it in this way, that is, milk was added yes or horses would whip it, it was a gorgeous drink, which, it was very useful and it is still very popular, i want to show this, this is a specially portable little bag, it is called a torsyk, it is made of leather, and usually kumys was poured here, tied to the saddle of a horse, the rider is galloping, he is whipping kumiss , he eats it during the day, they took baursaks with them, i really love kumiss, my whole family loves kumiss very much, these bowls are also made of wood, they are very warm, they have a very warm energy, and they drank kumyst from them too, well, of course, i can’t help but note, here’s a cradle, it’s called besok, when

a child is born, they put it in, if the kazakhs have a lot of it. all kinds of rituals and there is a ritual of putting a child to bed for the first time, and my middle son was in besak when he was born, we came home from the maternity hospital, and my husband’s mother, she put my son in the weight, we solemnly wrapped him, packed him, and he was lying with me, that is, look, she too... it’s a wonderful thing made of wood and until he was 3 years old, he slept with me only in besyk, if i went to visit, i took this little devil with me, if we were going somewhere on vacation in kazakhstan, i took this little devil with me, he was already walking, talking, he came here he lay down, tried to wrap himself up and shook his head, that is, well

, this is a wonderful thing, this is what concerns. in general, i want to note that kazakhs very much follow tradition, there are a lot of traditions that are passed on from generation to generation, from family to family, in my family, i always try to preserve traditions, increase them, and i have two daughters-in-law, from the eldest son second son, when they came to my family, to our family, i... all the time i try to tell them, explain something, and the girls are very smart, reasonable, they will accumulate these traditions, because... then, what , say, my husband’s mother conveyed to me, what my mother conveyed to me, i convey: