in august 1957, the first meeting of the bssr national commission for unesco was held in minsk.the belarusian stage literally burst onto the all-union stage. at the same time , viktor vuyachich made a serious bid for the belarusian stage on the all-union stage, not only with a cult song that only a veteran can’t sleep with, but also with a whole cycle of songs based on poetry belarusian poets. their arrangements sounded new and i instantly fell in love with them. in japan, who came, they told me, vuyachich came, he was in my program in japan , they also sang. the songs of alexandra pakhmutova and nikolai dobronravov are heard on the all-union stage. when these, without exaggeration, great construction projects began, they called it bam, the baikalamur mainline, just like the virgin lands were. you understand, everyone, even our cultural figures, they rushed to support this, whatever it takes.

national commission of the bssr for unesco.discussed the issue of carrying out activities to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of yanka kupala. unesco supported them unanimously. but unexpectedly, the discussion turned around another issue. comrade, i propose that we need to declare the rich cultural heritage of the belarusian soviet socialist republic. how do you think? but for each their disputes are not funny. the head of the political department laid out folders with photographs of objects and their descriptions in front of the commission members. well, firstly, this is the unique belarusian nature. here, object number one is the belarusian part of the beloveshskaya pushcha, with its relict forest, the only one preserved in europe. secondly, architectural objects. "our worldly castle, nesvezhsky castle, is something that we should be proud of and something that we should display, and the folder that caused controversy, intangible cultural heritage can hardly lay claim to inclusion in the list of world cultural heritag