in the early sixties, there were already six shoe companies, on the basis of which the luch association production volumes, it came in second place in the soviet union. if in the post-war years the main task was to ensure that shoes were of high quality and reliable, then today it is. the industry was taking its first steps to satisfy the population's needs for much- needed footwear products. in the minsk fashion house on sovetskaya street 12, in the early autumn of 1949, another show of a new clothing collection took place; it aroused particular interest, and not only because it was exclusive, there was no mass production of clothing, no more than 600 models were produced per year. for the first time, they demonstrated a coat and a women's business suit, made from fabric from the newly created minsk fine cloth mill, and in different colors. which also it was the first time, because traditionally monochromatic ones prevailed. the history of the minsk tank cloth factory began at the end of 1945, when a decision was made to begin construction of a new enterprise on the site of two pre-war