tatyana vasilievna birich, famous. ophthalmologist, hero of socialist labor, corresponding member of the academy of sciences of the bssr, the first woman in history belarus, who became a professor, doctor of medical sciences in the distant pre-war years. honorary title, awards, position of deputy chairman of the supreme council of the bssr in the sixties. social, international activities. people from all over the soviet union tried to get an appointment with her. exactly in minsk. worked as one of the best ophthalmologists in the country, but throughout her long life, tatyana vasilievna often asked the same question: how could everything have turned out, if not for a different time, not for other circumstances. biric addressed this issue in her speeches from the podium of the session of the supreme council and during communication with students. what kind of country would they be? remained the same with the exploitation of the common man, for whom even getting a primary education was a problem. in the early twenties in