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Meeting with Ivan Kruk

Meeting with Ivan Kruk
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On 13 January at the National Library of Belarus took place a meeting with rector of the Institute of Culture of Belarus, Candidate of Philology Ivan Kruk.


As a well-known ethnographer, folklorist, author of books dedicated to the study of traditional spiritual culture of the Belarusian people, Ivan Kruk has revealed the old forgotten mysteries of winter rites and people’s holidays and answered the audience’s questions.

In 2011, there was published his new book “The Golden Rules of People’s Culture” dedicated to the main calendar holidays and the norms of conduct of a human and a family when preparing and performing traditional family rites.

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Students of the Belarusian State Academy of Music visited the National library

23 Apr 2024

On April 18, the students of the Belarusian State Academy of Music visited the National Library of Belarus as part of the environmental education and upbringing program. They got acquainted with the thematic book exhibition "Water is a wonderful gift of Nature" dedicated to World Water Day. The exposition is presented in the documents of international organizations reading room (room 207 g).

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April 22–28, 1944. 19 weeks before Liberation

23 Apr 2024

A new project of the National Library of Belarus is dedicated to the Great Patriotic War – "Reading newspaper lines with your heart. On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders."
Every week from January to August 2024, the portal of the National Library publishes materials from newspapers of Soviet Belarus in 1944, reflecting the chronicle of news and events of that time.

Reading newspaper lines with your heart. To the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders