became the prototype of the sculpture of your mother’s homeland in minsk, this is the merit of valentin zankovich his figure, maybe even my views, my position, maybe my life position, seemed to all come together in one thing, i think so, he asked you to convey some kind of internal emotional state of the image, well, you know, that in general for it was normal for me, that is, it’s as if i didn’t need to make an effort on myself, now when you look at this sculpture while driving by. do you see the similarities, what feelings do you experience? i’m proud, i’m proud of belarus, without any false pathos, i’ll be honest, i’m proud of the sculptor zankovich, and a little bit of myself, there is a kind of similarity, especially when somewhere there are such turns, where i raise my hand, then these are my my hands, there one hand is raised, raised, yes, the second one seems to be like that, yes there is a similarity there with me, of course. here, let's talk a little about the soviet period of your work, uh, after graduating from college , it was difficult to get, well, let's say, the first order, and w