miniatures , he translated, he made available to belarusians the works of such authors as leo tolstoy chekhov gorkyyanka bryl laureate of the ussr state prize and twice laureate of the yakub kolas literary prize on august 6, 1938 , people's artist of the bssr and the ussr, honored artist of our country, honorary citizen of minsk igor luchinok was born in minsk. he entered the history of modern art. not only as an excellent composer, but also as a musician , teacher, public figure, the creative path of igor luchinka. began in the sixties his thesis work at the conservatory became a cantata, kurgan by the same name. and yanka kupala in 1966, at the first all-union competition of the soviet song with the ballad memory of the heart , the young composer igor luchinok, poet mikhail yasen and singer viktor vuyachich became the winners among eminent authors and performers without luchinka songs. it is impossible to imagine the musical life, not only in our country, for more than a dozen years the minsk city hall clock has been beating the melody of his song about minsk, which has become the anthem of the c