Year of Culture

Year of Culture

 

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2016 was proclaimed as the Year of Culture in Belarus. On December 28, 2015 Alexander Lukashenko signed Executive Order No. 522 “About the year of culture”. The order was adopted to unite intellectual and spiritual strength of the society aiming to solution of social and economical tasks, preservation of historical and cultural heritage, maintenance of national traditions, fostering an attitude of care towards the Motherland, support for creative initiative.

Public authorities all over the country were laid under obligation to weave and enact an implementation plan for 2016. According to this plan all spheres of culture are to be involved (operating culture, culture of family relations, culture of space planning) into the state programme of culture advancement.

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