City Day - 2025. Program of festive events in Vitebsk

День города - 2025. Программа праздничных мероприятий в Витебске
Program of festive events dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk and the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the city from German-fascist invaders, June 26, 28, 2025

June 26 (Thursday) – Vitebsk Liberation Day
from German-fascist invaders

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,
Krylov 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"