canvases of artists with belarusian roots, such as belynychsky beruli, and works by russian artists wereought. works by contemporary belarusian artists were actively purchased with her support. moreover, she even gave her order for the writing of certain works. as an example , when michal sovitsky bought a partisan madonna, which is now in the tetyakovskaya gallery, then at her request mikhail andreevich sovitsky painted a partisan modonna to minsk, which is in our permanent exhibition. simultaneously with the work on restoring the museum's richest collections , the issue of constructing an art museum building was discussed. it should become the pride of the republic. famine, devastation, the government has been working in minsk for only a few weeks, and the agenda of the presidium meetings, along with the most important economic issues, includes support for science and culture. in the most difficult post-war period , work began on the design of the new museum building. it was entrusted to a young architect and war veteran mikhail baklanov. and by the end of the forties years, he present