City Day - 2025. Program of festive events in Vitebsk
|
June 26 (Thursday) – Vitebsk Liberation Day |
||||
|
Victory Square |
11.00 |
RALLY, LAYING OF FLOWERS AND WREATHS at the memorial complex in honor of Soviet soldiers-liberators, partisans and underground fighters of Vitebsk region, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Vitebsk from German-fascist invaders |
||
|
Burial sites and memorials of Vitebsk city |
according to a separate plan |
Ceremonial events at monuments and memorials to soldiers-liberators, at burial sites (rallies, laying of flowers and wreaths) |
||
|
June 28 (Saturday) – Vitebsk City Day |
||||
|
Bridge of the 1000th Anniversary of Vitebsk |
throughout the day |
"VITEBSK HISTORICAL" Exhibition |
||
|
Lenin Street (near the Town Hall) |
12.00 |
Laying of flowers at the memorial sign installed at the execution site of Soviet patriots during the Great Patriotic War |
||
|
Suvorov Street (near the Town Hall) |
12.00-16.00 |
"MUSEUMS IN A SUITCASE ARE TALKING" exhibition of school museums |
||
|
Suvorov Street,
Suvorov Street, 12 |
10.00-20.00
12.30 |
|
||
12:30-13:30
ARTISTS' AND CRAFTSMEN'S EXHIBITION-FAIR
master classes
"VITEBSK IN THE RHYTHM OF ART"
arch painting presentation
"DANCING IN THE VITEBSK WAY"
flash mob
Mayakovsky Square
10:00-17:00
12:00-14:00
18:00-20:00
Concert Programs
"MY BELOVED CITY"
plein air painting by the folk amateur artists' studio "Kontur"
Plein air painting by students of educational institutions.
Exhibition of works
"OUR CITY"
volumetric figures art installation
"GIVE A 'BIRD OF HAPPINESS' TO YOUR BELOVED CITY"
congratulatory event
"IN THE CENTER OF CULTURE – IN THE CENTER OF VITEBSK"
open music project.
Evening of folk music
Tolstoy Street
10:00-20:00
OPERATION OF TRADE FACILITIES
Pushkin Street
10:00-17:00
20:00-24:00
"VITEBSK. CITY DAY. READING POINT"
library and poetry platform
"THE BEST AND NEW ON THEATRALNAYA SQUARE"
magic of street performances: theaters, musicians, performers, circus, and fire show
Site near the Assumption Cathedral
10.00-15.00
"VITEBSK ORTHODOX"
exhibition-fair. Master classes on bell ringing
Zamkovaya Street
10.00-15.00
"THE CITY'S EDUCATION – BUILDING THE FUTURE TOGETHER!"
exhibition-presentation of educational institutions
Svobody Square
10.00-15.00
10.00-17.30
10.00-20.00
"WE ARE FOR A SAFE CITY"
operation of interactive platforms, demonstration of special equipment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, OSVOD.
Operation of the "Smoke Screen" attraction
Concert and entertainment program
Operation of trade facilities
Site near the State Cultural Institution "Belarusian Puppet Theatre "Lialka""
(Pushkina Street, 2)
11.00-13.00
"PLANET OF CHILDHOOD" festive program
"PYATRUSHKA"
performance for children.
Master classes, photo zones, interactive platforms, contests, games
Pobedy Square
11.00-15.00
12.00-12.30
12.00-17.00
12.30-12.50
13.30-14.30
14.30
12.00-19.00
10.00-23.00
YOUTH DAY
"Time of the Young"
Open city competitions in strength sports
Registration of participants of the bike race
Fitness warm-up for bike race participants
Operation of interactive platforms:
NGO "BRSM", private unitary enterprise "Darida",
State Automobile Inspectorate location,
sports grounds from VGTSK,
sports and game program of GFSK,
platform with an inflatable complex from "Lasertag club "COLT",
retro car exhibition,
cars from "Vitebskavtositi" auto center,
tasting from KPUP "Confectionery factory "Vitba"
Opening of Youth Day
"Velo Vitebsk" bike race
Awarding of participants of sports events
"Fire of Youth Talents" regional tour of the national festival-competition of youth creativity, gala concert of the festival-competition of youth creativity participants
Operation of trade facilities
Park of Winners
12.00-14.00
10.00-01.00
10.00-01.00
"TO OUR BELOVED CITY - OUR TALENTS"
concert and entertainment program
Operation of attractions
Operation of trade facilities
Warriors-Internationalists Street
13.15
Opening of the SPA center "Yuzhny"
Park of the 1000th Anniversary
16.00-18.00
"I AM PROUD OF YOU, MY CITY!"
festive concert program
Town Hall
(balcony on the Town Hall Square side)
Town Hall Courtyard
17.00-18.00
21.30
"VIOLIN OVER THE CITY"
musical greeting to the city
FILM SCREENING: cartoon for children, film "Control Specialty", tea from a samovar with Zdravnevskie herbs and treats
Museum of the History of Private Collecting
(Frunze Avenue, 13)
16.30
OPENING OF A MEMORIAL PLAQUE to the collector
I.D. Galkevich
Cultural and Sports Complex
of the Summer Amphitheater
17.00
OPENING of the renovated multifunctional cultural center.
PRESENTATION by the folk club of historical reconstruction "WARGENTHORN".
Operation of the children's play center
Summer Amphitheater
(Frunze Avenue, 13a)
(17.30) 18.00-20.00
"VITEBSK IS THE CITY OF OUR LOVE!"
solemn event dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk and the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the city from Nazi invaders. Ceremony of the solemn awarding of the city prize "Vitebchanin of the Year", awarding of the title "Honorary Citizen of Vitebsk"
Victory Square
(near Moskovsky Avenue, 8)
20.00-23.00
"LIVE BRIGHTLY! LOVE VITEBSK!"
gala concert of popular performers
Victory Square
(at the monument)
23.00
FIREWORK
Accompanying events
Vitebsk Sports Palace
(Stroiteli Avenue, 23)
June 14-15
"VitebskEpil 2025"
II International Depilation Championship in Vitebsk
Educational Institution "Vitebsk State Technical College"
(Lazo St., 113A)
June 14-15
Open Kettlebell Triathlon Championship
Victory Square
June 16
10.00
Meeting of the International Wheelchair Marathon Relay "Road of Memory from Moscow to Brest" in Vitebsk
Solemn laying of flowers at the Eternal Flame of the memorial complex in honor of the Soviet soldiers-liberators, partisans and underground fighters of the Vitebsk region
Aerodrome of the Vitebsk Aeroclub named after A.G. Gorovets DOSAAF
1000th Anniversary of Vitebsk Square
June 16-21
June 17
11.00
June 21
17.00-20.00
VI OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
in parachuting for veteran paratroopers, combat veterans
Grand Opening
"VITEBSK GATHERS FRIENDS!"
parachute festival
Parachute jumps by participants
of the VI open championship of the Republic of Belarus competitions
Complex of cultural and mass recreation named after the
Soviet Army
June 21
11.00-23.00
June 22
10.00-15.00
"PLOSKAYA GORA"
Historical reconstruction festival
Viteb River floodplain
June 22
9.30
Open yoga training
Territory of the former
5th railway regiment - Luchskoye civilian cemetery (burial of soldiers) - monument to the heroes of the Vitebsk underground - Victory Square
June 22
13.00
"PATRIOTS REMEMBER!"
car rally
State Institution "Vitebsk Regional Library
named after V.I. Lenin"
(Lenin Street, 8a)
June 26
12.00
"WORD WITHOUT BORDERS"
Festival – poetic dialogue between representatives of Belarusian and Russian library literary associations (Public organization "Union of Writers of Moscow", State budgetary institution of culture "Smolensk Regional Universal Scientific Library named after A.T. Tvardovsky")
Private unitary enterprise "Belarusian Theater "Lyalka""
(Pushkin Street, 2)
June 26
18.00
"PLACES OF MEMORY"
solo performance dedicated to the
80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War
"5th Regiment" – Gorodok – Verkhovye microdistrict"
Tourist and hotel complex
"Vitebsk Hotel"
(conference hall)
State cultural institution "Vitebsk Regional Museum of the Hero of the Soviet Union Minay Filippovich Shmyrev"
Victory Square
SEI "Secondary School No. 9 of Vitebsk"
(Shkolnaya Street, 4)
City Organizations
June 26
12.00
13.00
13.00
11.00
13.00
throughout the day
"MOLODZ.BY: UNITING DREAMS, ACHIEVING GOALS!"
"RHYTHM OF MOVEMENT"
"Feat in the Glory of the Fatherland"
auto-bike rally
"TECHNOLOGIES OF TOMORROW"
"Science Picnic"
intellectual open-air
"ART BREAKTHROUGH"
city quest
"SIŁA SPADČYNY" (The Strength of Heritage)
rally, laying of flowers and wreaths at the memorial complex in honor of the Soviet soldiers-liberators, partisans and underground fighters of the Vitebsk region, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Vitebsk from the Nazi invaders
Ceremonial event dedicated to naming SEI "Secondary School No. 9 of Vitebsk" after Birulin M.F.
"YOUR TERRITORY"
Labor action to improve the territory in organizations and institutions of Vitebsk
Festival of Professions - career guidance
FOK SE "GFSK "Vitebsk"
(Sovetskaya Street, 7-14)
June 26
10.00-15.00
Chess and checkers competitions among the residents of Vitebsk, dedicated to the Day of Liberation of Vitebsk from the Nazi invaders
Sports and Recreation Complex of the State Institution "Vitebsk Sports and Recreation Complex"
(K. Marx Street, 2A)
June 26
10:00-15:00
Swimming competitions among veterans of Vitebsk, dedicated to the Day of Liberation of Vitebsk from the Nazi invaders
Libraries
State Institution "Vitebsk Centralized Library System",
museums, exhibition halls of Vitebsk
June 26-29
Thematic events, exhibitions,
dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk, the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the city from the Nazi invaders
"Mir" Cinema
(Chekhov Street, 3)
House of Cinema
(Lenin Street, 40)
June 26-29
June 26
12:20
June 28
12:20
June 27
14:20
June 29
15:00
Screening of feature films and documentaries produced by the Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belarusfilm National Film Studio", dedicated to Vitebsk and the Vitebsk region:
"Time to Return" feature film
"Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve" documentary film
"Memorial Complexes of Belarus – 2" documentary film;
"Abode of St. Euphrosyne" documentary film
Organizations, open venues of Vitebsk
(according to separate plans)
June 26,
June 28-29
Cultural, sports, and tourism events
Town Hall Courtyard
(Mayakovsky Square side)
June 27
21:30
Film screening
cartoon for children, film "About the Dragon on the Balcony, About Kids and a Scooter", tea from a samovar with Zdravnevo herbs and treats
Sports and Recreation Complex of the State Institution "Vitebsk City Sports and Recreation Complex"
(3 Sadovaya Street, 26a)
June 28
10:00-15:00
Billiards competition among working people, dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk, and the 81st anniversary of the city's liberation from Nazi invaders
Parking lot near the Blokhina Bridge
June 28
10:00-15:00
"DRIFT TAXI"
master class
State Institution "Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theatre"
(Zamkovaya Street, 2)
June 28
18:00
"THE PARACHUTIST"
play
Viteba River Floodplain
(near Yubileiny Bridge)
June 28-29
10:00-18:00
Vitebsk City Open Beach Soccer Cup among teams from Vitebsk and Vitebsk Region, dedicated to Vitebsk City Day
Student Square Outdoor Cinema
(Moskovsky Prospekt)
June 28-29
June 28
13:30
14:00
16:00
June 29
14:00
16.00
"CITY OF INSPIRATION. VITEBSK IN CINEMA"
screening of films shot in Vitebsk
"VITEBSK IN CINEMA"
presentation of Dmitry Rubanik's project with the author's participation
Film screening
film "About the Dragon on the Balcony, About the Kids and the Scooter";
film "Shagal-Malevich"
Film screening
film "Control Test in the Specialty";
film "Starting Point"
Cultural and Recreational Complex named after the
Soviet Army
June 28
11.00-20.00
June 29
12.00-14.00
11.00-18.00
15.00-18.00
"ON WEEKEND – WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY!"
mass recreation day.
Operation of the sports equipment rental point, amusement rides complex
"VITEBSK – OUR NATIVE CITY!"
festive concert program of the youth pop theater "Star School"
"SPORT FOR EVERYONE – FROM 0 TO 100 VITEBSK 2025"
cultural and sports festival
for the whole family
Operation of various sports venues (kickboxing, football, jumping, yoga, taekwondo)
Demonstrations by sports clubs
Vitebsk Millennium Bridge
June 29
throughout the day
"HISTORICAL VITEBSK"
exhibition
Suvorov Street,
Krylov Street,
Mayakovsky Square
June 29
10.00-16.00
ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN EXHIBITION-FAIR
master classes
Musical program
Tolstoy Street
June 29
10.00-16.00
Operation of trade facilities
FOK GU "GFSK "Vitebsk"
(Sovetskaya Street, 7)
June 29
10.00-15.00
Open city chess tournament
Frunze Park
(near the fountain)
June 29
16.00-18.00
"IN OLD RHYTHMS"
dance and entertainment program
Inner courtyard
GU "Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic"
(Lenin Street, 69)
June 29
16.00-18.00
"KUPALA-FEST 2025"
music bands competition final
GU "Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theater"
(Zamkovaya Street, 2)
June 29
18.00
"MUSICAL "VERNISAGE"
musical and poetic evening
Exhibitions
TC "Marko"
June 20 - July 4
during the day
"WE REMEMBER. WE HONOR. WE WILL NOT BETRAY."
Exhibition
Exhibition space of the pedestrian crossing
Moskovsky Prospekt,
Tereshkovoy-Nikolaevoy St.
House of Culture of Educational Institution "VSAVM"
(Dovatora Street, 3)
UNIOVIS-Cosmos Platform. Victory Park Embankment.
Victory Square.
Round Hall
of the "Vitebsk" Concert Hall
(Frunze Avenue, 1)
Kosmonavtov Street,
Budennogo Street
Kosmonavtov Square
Observatory of Educational Institution "VSU
named after P.M. Masherov" (Moskovsky Prospekt, 33)
June 26-28
during the day
June 26
14:00-16:00
June 27
14:00
June 27
10:00-12:00
June 27
12:00
June 26
15:00
June 27
17.00
"SYMPHONY OF SPACE"
republican digital art competition
"SYMPHONY OF SPACE"
photo exhibition by Hero of the Russian Federation, pilot-cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, Hero of Belarus, cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya
"SYMPHONY OF SPACE"
final-creathon of winners
republican digital art competition
"VITEBSK – THE TRAVELLING "SYMPHONY OF SPACE"
quest walk through streets named after cosmonauts.
Part 1.
UNOVIS-Cosmos site. Embankment of Victory Park.
Victory Square.
Solemn laying of flowers at the memorial complex in honor of Soviet soldiers, partisans and underground fighters of the Vitebsk region.
Solemn meeting of youth with Hero of the Russian Federation, pilot-cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky,
Hero of Belarus, cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya,
academician, head of the aerospace development department of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Petr Alexandrovich Vityaz.
Solemn Award Ceremony for the winners of the republican digital art competition "Symphony of Space".
Meeting of guests, winners,
with the participation of Hero of the Russian Federation, pilot-cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky,
Hero of Belarus, cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya
THE TRAVELLING "SYMPHONY OF SPACE"
quest walk through streets named after cosmonauts
Part 2. Cosmonauts' Square,
Budennogo St.
"Cosmonaut Friends" action.
Stele dedicated to cosmonauts Petr Klimuk (Belarus), Miroslaw Hermaszewski (Poland)
THE TRAVELLING "SYMPHONY OF SPACE"
quest walk.
Part 3. "The Birth of Scientific Astronomy"
Excursion to the astronomical center. P. M. Masherov Vitebsk State University Observatory
Zheleznodorozhny District
(Branch "Palace of Culture of Railway Workers" of the State Institution "Cultural and Information Center "Golden Ring of Vitebsk "Dvina", district organizations)
June 25 -
August 28
during the day
"THE CITY IS OLD, THE CITY IS GLORIOUS APPOINTS A MEETING FOR US..."
photo exhibition
State Institution "Museum of Marc Chagall in Vitebsk"
(Beloborodov Street, 5;
Frunze Avenue, 11),
"Art Space"
(Tolstoy Street, 7),
cultural institutions, educational institutions of the city
June 24-29
"PHOTOCROOK"
X Festival of Photography
named after S. Yurkovsky in Vitebsk
Museum of the History of VNHU
(Shagala Street, 5a)
June 17-30
"VERA YERMOLAEVA: AMAZON OF THE RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE"
exhibition of paintings and graphics from a private collection (Moscow)
State Educational Institution "Children's Art School No. 3 of Vitebsk "Maladik"
Exhibition Hall
(Voinev-Internatsionalistov Street, 19)
June 25
11:00-12:00
"PERSPECTIVE-2025"
XVIII Open Exhibition-Competition of Fine Arts.
Opening of the exhibition-competition
State Educational Institution "Children's Art School
of Vitebsk"
Exhibition Hall
(Suvorov Street, 3)
(Mayakovsky Square)
June 26
12:00-12:40
13:00
"PERSPECTIVE-2025"
XVIII Open Exhibition-Competition of Fine Arts.
Opening
Awarding of the winners of the exhibition-competition
Exhibition Hall
branch of the Cultural Institution "Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk"
(Beloborodov Street, 5)
June 26
16:00
"THREE ARTISTS WERE FRIENDS: LEONID ANTIMONOV, OLEG ORLOV, ALEXANDER SOLOVYOV"
presentation of a project dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory, in the A. Solovyov Hall
"ADLYUSTRATSIA"
installations by V. Lyakhovich.
Sculpture by I. Kolodovsky
Marc Chagall Art Center
(Sovetskaya Street, 25)
June 26
17:00
throughout the month
"BRIGHT LINE OF CONSTELLATIONS" creative evening of poetry and author's song for D. Simanovich's birthday
"FORTUNATE IS HE WHO IS LIKE ULYSSES..."
original graphics by Marc Chagall and other artists from the museum's collection
Town Hall
(Lenin Street, 36, hall)
June 27-28
11:00-23:00
Ascent to the panoramic viewing platform of the Town Hall tower, excursions
Town Hall
(Lenin Street, 36)
June 28
11:00-19:00
"RATUSHA – CENTER OF VITEBSK", "PROPHOTO", "OLD TOWN"
exhibitions (free admission)
Excursions
Historical center
of Vitebsk
(Chekhov Street,
Shcherbakova-Naberezhnaya Street,
Komissar Krylov Street,
Kosmonavtov Street)
June 28
10:30-16:00
11:00
13:30
16.00
EVENT "DEDICATED TO OUR BELOVED CITY..."
(free thematic excursions and quests):
Excursion to the Church-Archaeological Cabinet of the Vitebsk Theological Seminary and the Church of the Resurrection of Christ
of Vitebsk (starting at Komissar Krylov Street, 7)
"RECOLLECTIONS OF BELLA SHAGAL"
excursion (starting from the fountain on Privokzalnaya Square (in the Zadvine district)
"THE STORY OF ONE STREET" (Chekhov Street) excursion (starting from the "Mir" cinema, Chekhov Street, 3)
Art Museum
(Lenin Street, 32)
June 28
12:00, 15:00
"A WALK AROUND THE CITY WITH PENOM"
presentation of excursion, exhibition (by request)
Town Hall
(Lenin Street, 36)
– around the city
June 29
12:00
"YES, INDEED, IN THE VITEBSK WAY"
presentation of an author's thematic bus and walking tour
(by request)
City Tram Route
departure point: tram ring
(Frunze Avenue near the military unit)
June 28
10:00
June 28
14:00
"ROUTES OF MEMORY"
thematic free excursion on a mobile museum-tram around Vitebsk (by prior appointment)
Free excursion with musical accompaniment (by prior appointment)
1000th Anniversary Square
of Vitebsk
June 28-29
20:00-24:00
Hot air balloon ride
Boat trip
(route: Victory Square – Park of the Soviet Army – Victory Square)
June 28-29
12:00-19:00
Boat trips on the Western Dvina River
"Vitebskiye Vesti"