andrey reitikov was directly involved in the restoration of the folk theater, who continues to successfully develop this type of traditional art in march 1996. andrei mikhailovich began working in the novopolotsk center of crafts and traditional culture. in the same year , he staged his first puppet show based on the play by francis alkhnovich, near the forest gushkars , the theater fukol, likhtareg, that was the name of the folk theater, puppets capelyush, then passed a long way of development, only in 2003 the theater was renamed the folk theater, puppet, pilyush and finally approved the batleyka format, creative searches and experiments. in this direction, they brought the long-awaited success for participation. in the first polotsk festival, the wings of the stage 2005 and the revival of the batleyka theater and its permanent leader were awarded the gratitude of the directorate of the management of the yakub kolas national academic theater for the performance. incredible adventures new close and zablotsky became the visiting card of novopolotsk puppeteers, and in 2018 andrey retikov was

panov public and zablotsky has become a visiting card of novopolotsk puppeteers, and in 2018 andrey reitikovas awarded the honorary title of the republican contest person of the year. in the field of culture in the nomination folk art andrey good afternoon. good afternoon. tell us how battlelake appeared in your life. battery in my life, well, probably it is. it's hard to say, that's what it is so that she appeared at once. eh, as if there was interest in the battery for a long time. uh, but he was walking in parallel somewhere. uh, even in that the moment that, when i was already specifically interested, but it was there some kind of 90 some year, uh, and i wanted to make a battery in addition to that. i also wanted to do this. eh, the room is kind of entourage. here is some kind of small chamber hall, so that there would be a batley, everything is there. well, somehow it didn't come. at some point , this is it, that is, there was interest in collecting material , everything is there, something was even done, there were even some attempts to do it, but then. somehow more more more more more