culture, october innovations for belarusians, the belarusian ritual of the rich in the kupalovsky memorial reserve vyazanka and the honoring of the winners and champions of the eighth international summer sports games children of asia. the new month brought a number of changes to belarusians, from october 1 , the list of types of activities for individual entrepreneurs came into force. the updated list includes 127 types activities, a list of types of craft activities also came into force, it includes the production of national musical instruments, hand-made products, yarn, blacksmithing, and bonding. all these are original traditional belarusian crafts, while local authorities have the right to determine additional. unique types on their territory. and from october 1, all types of labor pensions in the country have increased. according to preliminary estimates, the average old-age pension in october will be 852 rubles. nordic walking marathon opened the republican cycle of the campaign for the international day of older persons. the third republican marathon on nordic walking a step towards longevity was