throughout the world, this operation is performed extremely rarely; according to the russian society of vascularhe number of open interventions on the thoracic aorta ranges from 40 operations per year. today, a veteran of the great patriotic war, valentina baranova from grodno, celebrates her centenary. the head of state congratulated the birthday girl. alexander lukashenko expressed deep gratitude. for military exploits and ascetic labor. valentina petrovna went to the front in 1942, liberated ukraine and czechoslovakia, celebrated victory in prague, and was awarded the order of the red star. after the war, she worked all her life as a music teacher at a pedagogical school. today, despite her venerable age, valentina baranova is still in service and is engaged in the patriotic education of youth. i'm an optimist by nature, although in my... in my life there were a lot of dramatic, even tragic moments, but you should never hold back all your feelings. with it on our faces, let our hearts worry about it, let our nerves keep it to ourselves, and we must live together with the people, with the time