ballet dancer, honored artist was born on january 22, 1969 republic of belarus, veniam zakharov.s a boy, he dreamed of becoming a driver. bus, but the desire to get a bicycle, which his parents promised him for entering the belarusian choreographic school, prevailed. at the age of 18 he became an artist of the bolshoi theater of belarus, and at 23 he was already a leading stage master. during his ballet career, veniam zakharov appeared on stage more than a thousand times, performing leading roles in the ballets spartacus, romeo and juliet, the nutcracker, and sleeping beauty. carmen suite, danced in swan lake more than 200 times. among numerous, including international awards, the larisa alexandrovskaya prize, the state prize for the 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 w