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MINSK, 3 December (BelTA) – Plans have been made to start building a Sherlock Holmes house in the Belarusian town of Orsha in March-April 2014, BelTA learned from Oleg Shchukin, Director of the private company Protege By, which has designed the building. According to the source, the land plot for the interesting construction project is 1.5km far from Orsha’s central avenue. The building’s design is being prepared. The company is also seeking investors for the project. If investors are...

VITEBSK, 20 November (BelTA) – The 26th International Festival of Modern Choreography (IFMC) will officially open in Vitebsk on 20 November, BelTA has learnt from the Vitebsk culture center. Partaking in the festival will be Evgeny Panfilov's ballet company from Perm, Modern Choreography Theater D.O.Z.S.K.I from Minsk, STREET JAZZ ballet company from Moscow, Arts printing house from Vilnius, Kyiv Modern Ballet, and the ballet company of the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet...

VITEBSK, 5 November (BelTA) – A bust of Marc Chagall will be unveiled at the Liozno Military and History Museum on 5 November, BelTA learnt from the Liozno District Executive Committee. The idea of its creation belongs to sculptors Alexander Gvozdikov and Azat Torosyan. Attending the unveiling ceremony will be local authorities, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Belarus Yosef Shagal, Liozno residents. One of the most prominent representatives of the art...

VITEBSK, 22 October (BelTA) - The Vitebsk Regional History Museum has received unique documents on the archaeology of the region. The archive of famous Russian historian Leonid Alekseev was handed over to the museum, BelTA learnt from Valery Shishanov, the deputy director for scientific research of the Vitebsk Regional History Museum. “The archive comprises the photos of the place where the Church of the Annunciation was situated before and after the explosion of the temple. Documentary...

VITEBSK, 9 October (BelTA) - The Vitebsk Regional History Museum has arranged an exhibition of paintings, art objects and installations of the members of the Vitebsk Arts Union "Kvadrat" - Galina and Vasily Vasilyevs, Alexander Malei, Alexander Dosuzhev, Tatiana Makdetsova, Alexandra Slepova, and also suprematists from Minsk Anastasia Goncharova and Vladimir Makarkova, BelTA learned. The exhibition includes 36 works made in various techniques: acrylic on canvas, oil on plywood,...

ORSHA, 1 October (BelTA) – The Belarusian company OAO Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant intends to make about 20 helicopters of the Mi-8 MSB model in 2014, the company’s Director Vladimir Troitsky told BelTA. The company presented the first batch-produced Mi-8 MSB helicopter in August. It is a modern product designed by the Ukrainian company Motor Sich, which is the key strategic partner of the Orsha-based company. “They have made a fifth-generation engine and have come up with the...