younger at the first festival. five songs by vladimir minovich were performed by future stars domesticadimir mazgo is the author of about twenty poetry books for adults and children, deputy chairman of the minsk city branch of the union of writers of belarus, awarded the francis skarina medal, the maxim bogdanovich medal, songs based on the poet’s poems were performed by anatoly yarmolenko, olesya, yadviga poplavskaya and alexander tikhanovich. on march 6, 1923 , the director, founder of the belarusian national professional puppet theater school, teacher, people's artist of the bssr, anatoly lilyavsky, was born in moscow. studied to be a drama director at the tashken theater institute, after an offer from the ussr ministry of culture, he went to the puppet theater in minsk, in 956 he became its director, it was thanks to anatoly alexandrovich that the belarusian state puppet theater acquired the status of one of the best in the ussr and found its unique face. the experimental director created more than 70 performances here, which have become classics of the belarusian theater. dwarf no