belarusian national professional school of the puppet theater, teacher, people's artist of the bssr, anatoly lilyavskya drama director at the toshken theater institute. after an offer from the ussr ministry of culture, he went to the puppet theater in minsk in 1956 and became its director. it was thanks to anatoly alexandrovich that the belarusian state puppet theater acquired the status of one of the best in the ussr and acquired its unique face. the experimental director created more than 70 performances here, which have become classics of the belarusian theater. dwarf nose, grandfather and crane, cinderella. the divine comedy, little red riding hood, some of them are still in the theater’s repertoire. thanks to the lelyava teacher , a course of actors and puppeteers was organized at the minsk theater and art institute. he is the author of popular books for children and educators. the work of the famous director was continued by his son, alexey lilyavsky. march 10, 1946 in the city of sverdlovsk. theater and film actor, people's artist of belarus, vladimir gostyukhin, was born. the boy grew up in a