academician, doctor of historical sciences, doctor of architecture, professor alexander lokotko. we will talk at the museum of ancient belarusian culture, the national academy of sciences of belarus, where the exhibition is currently being updated. the museum will open its doors to its visitors by the end of 2023. alexander ivanovich, good afternoon. good afternoon. folklore is nothing more than the genetics of a people. those who are called have a self-name, the name itself is belarusians, and by the way, the first written language dates back to this time the mention of white russia is the ipatsevo chronicle, from the end of the 14th century, it indicates the territory where the three great east slavic rivers, the dnieper, the western dvina and the volga, have their sources, and it is not for nothing that the vitebsk region. that polotsk can be considered the ancient capital of the belarusian land, because it is also there, which means it is located, and in this way, somewhere around this period , an ethnic community was formed, the belarusian ethnos should be considered relativ

the director of the center for research of belarusian culture, language and literature, alexander ivanovich lokotkoc achievements of belarusian scientists in the 21st century. alina nevoina is with you and this is a fashion for culture. the republic of belarus is a country with a rich history. cultural heritage. exceptional architectural, historical and cultural monuments have been preserved here. it is important to note natural monuments. despite numerous wars, belarusians managed to preserve them, and completely recreate some objects almost from scratch. the country has legislatively enshrined careful attitude to historical heritage. on an ongoing basis , repair, restoration and... maintenance work is carried out on so many cultural objects, and a set of measures has been developed to preserve intangible manifestations of human creativity included in the state list of historical and cultural values. the unesco world heritage list is regularly updated with belarusian sites, which in turn makes our country more famous and recognizable at the international level. about preservation and popularizatio