Holiday Events Schedule for Vitebsk City Day 2025
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26 June (Thursday) – Liberation Day of Vitebsk |
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Victory Square |
11:00 |
RALLY, LAYING OF FLOWERS AND WREATHS at the memorial complex in honour of Soviet Liberator Soldiers, partisans and underground fighters of Vitebsk region, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Vitebsk from German-Fascist invaders |
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Burial sites and memorials |
according to a separate schedule |
Ceremonial events at monuments and memorials to liberator soldiers, at burial sites (rallies, laying of flowers and wreaths) |
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28 June (Saturday) – Vitebsk City Day Celebration |
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Bridge of the 1000th Anniversary of Vitebsk |
throughout the day |
"HISTORICAL VITEBSK" Exhibition |
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Lenin Street (near the Town Hall) |
12:00 |
Laying of flowers at the memorial plaque installed at the site of execution of Soviet patriots during the Great Patriotic War |
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Suvorov Street (near the Town Hall) |
12:00-16:00 |
"MUSEUMS IN A SUITCASE SPEAK" exhibition of school museums |
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Suvorov Street, Suvorov Street, 12 |
10:00-20:00 12:30 12:30-13:30 |
EXHIBITION-FAIR OF ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN masterclasses
"VITEBSK in the rhythm of art" presentation of arch painting "DANCING IN VITEBSK STYLE" flash mob |
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Mayakovsky Square |
10:00-17:00 12:00-14:00 18.00-20.00 |
Concert Programmes "MY FAVOURITE CITY" Open-air exhibition by the folk artist studio "Kontur"
Open-air exhibition by students of educational institutions. Works Exhibition
"OUR CITY" 3D figure art action
"GIFT 'BIRD OF HAPPINESS' TO OUR BELOVED CITY" Congratulatory event
"IN THE CENTRE OF CULTURE – IN THE CENTRE OF VITEBSK" Open musical project. Folk Music Evening |
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Tolstoy Street |
10.00-20.00 |
OPERATION OF TRADE FACILITIES |
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Pushkin Street |
10.00-17.00 20.00-24.00 |
"VITEBSK. CITY DAY. READING POINT" Library and poetry platform "THE BEST AND NEW ON THEATRE SQUARE" Magic of street performances: theatres, musicians, performers, circus and fire show |
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Area near the Holy Assumption Cathedral |
10.00-15.00 |
"VITEBSK ORTHODOX" Exhibition and fair. Bell ringing masterclasses |
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Zamkovaya Street |
10.00-15.00 |
"CITY EDUCATION – BUILDING THE FUTURE TOGETHER!" Exhibition and presentation of educational institutions |
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Freedom 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 by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, OSVOD.
Concert and entertainment programme
Operation of trade facilities |
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Area near the "Belarusian Puppet Theatre Lyalka" (Pushkin Street, 2) |
11.00-13.00 |
"PLANET OF CHILDHOOD" festive program "PIETRUSZKA" performance for children. Master classes, photo zones, interactive areas, contests, games |
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Victory Square |
11:00-15:00 12:00-12:30 12:00-17:00 12:30-12:50 13:30-14:30 14:30 12:00-17:00 10:00-23:00 |
YOUTH DAY
"Time of the Young" Open city competitions in strength sports
Bicycle race participant registration Fitness warm-up for bicycle race participants Interactive areas operation: NGO "BRSM", private production unitary enterprise "Darida",
State Automobile Inspectorate location,
sports and games program of GFSK,
Youth Day Opening "Velo Vitebsk" bicycle race Awarding of sports event participants "Fire of Youth Talents" regional tour of the national festival-competition of youth creativity, gala concert of participants of the youth creativity festival-competition
Operation of trade facilities |
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Park of the 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 |
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Voïnav-Internatsyjonalistav Street |
13:15 |
OPENING OF SPA CENTER "YUZHNY" |
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Park of the 1000th Anniversary |
16:00-18:00 |
"I AM PROUD OF YOU, MY CITY!" Festive concert programme |
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Town Hall (balcony facing Town Hall Square) 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 Test for Speciality", tea from a samovar with Zdravnevsk herbs and refreshments |
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Museum of the History of Private Collections (Frunze Avenue, 13) |
16:30 |
UNVEILING OF A MEMORIAL PLAQUE for collector |
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Cultural and Sports Complex of the Summer Amphitheatre |
17:00 |
PRESENTATION of a new multifunctional cultural centre. |
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Summer Amphitheatre (Frunze Avenue, 13a) |
(17:30) 18:00-20:00 |
"VITEBSK IS THE CITY OF OUR LOVE!" ceremonial event dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk and the 81st anniversary of the city's liberation from Nazi invaders. Ceremony of the solemn presentation of the city award "Vitebsk Citizen of the Year", awarding the title "Honorary Citizen of Vitebsk" |
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Victory Square (near Moskovsky Avenue, 8) |
20:00-23:00 |
"LIVE BRIGHTLY! LOVE VITEBSK!" gala concert of popular performers |
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Victory Square (by the monument) |
23:00 |
FIREWORKS |
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Accompanying events |
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State Institution "Vitebsk Regional Library (Lenin Street, 8a) |
June 26 12:00 |
"WORD WITHOUT BORDERS" Festival – a poetic dialogue between representatives of Belarusian and Russian library literary associations (Public organisation "Union of Writers of Moscow", State budgetary institution of culture "Smolensk regional universal scientific library named after A.T. Tvardovsky") |
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State educational institution "Belarusian Theatre "Lyalka" (Pushkin Street, 2) |
26 June 18:00 |
"PLACES OF MEMORY" a solo performance dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War |
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"5th Regiment" – Gorodok – Verkhovye microdistrict" Open Joint Stock Company "VZTZCh" (meeting room) State cultural institution "Vitebsk Regional Museum of the Hero of the Soviet Union Minay Filippovich Shmyrev" Victory Square State educational institution "Secondary School No. 9 of Vitebsk" (Shkolnaya Street, 4) Organisations, enterprises of the city |
26 June 12:00 13:00 14:00 11:00 13:00 throughout the day |
"MOLODZ.BY: UNITING DREAMS, ACHIEVING GOALS!" Republican Marathon of Youth and Students
"RHYTHM OF MOVEMENT" "Feat for the Glory of the Fatherland" car and bike rally "TECHNOLOGIES OF TOMORROW" "Science Picnic" intellectual open-air "ART BREAKTHROUGH" city quest, concert "STRENGTH OF HERITAGE" youth participation in a rally, laying flowers and wreaths at the memorial complex in honour of Soviet soldiers-liberators, partisans and underground fighters of the Vitebsk region, dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Vitebsk from Nazi invaders
Solemn event dedicated to the naming of State Educational Institution "Secondary School No. 9 of Vitebsk" after Biryulin M.F.
"YOUR TERRITORY" Festival of Professions – career guidance |
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Sports and Recreation Complex of State Institution "Vitebsk City Sports Club" (Sovetskaya Street, 7-14) |
26 June 10:00-15:00 |
Chess and Draughts Competitions for Vitebsk City Residents, Dedicated to the Day of Vitebsk Liberation from German-Fascist Invaders |
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Sports and Recreation Complex of the State Institution "Vitebsk City Sports and Recreation Complex" (2A K. Marx Street) |
June 26 10:00-15:00 |
Swimming Competitions for Vitebsk City Veterans, Dedicated to the Day of Vitebsk Liberation from German-Fascist Invaders |
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Libraries of the State Institution "Vitebsk City Centralized Library System", Museums, Exhibition Halls of Vitebsk |
June 26-29 |
Themed Events, Exhibitions, Dedicated to the 1051st Anniversary of Vitebsk's Foundation, the 81st Anniversary of the City's Liberation from German-Fascist Invaders |
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"Mir" Cinema (3 Chekhov Street) House of Cinema (40 Lenin Street) |
June 26-29 June 26 12:20 June 28 12:20 June 27 14:20
June 29 15:00 |
Screening of Feature and Documentary Films 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 Saint Euphrosyne" Documentary Film |
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Organizations, Open Venues of Vitebsk (According to Separate Plans) |
June 26, June 28-29 |
Cultural, Sports, and Tourist Events |
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Town Hall Courtyard (Adjacent to Mayakovsky Square) |
June 27 21:30 |
Film Screening Cartoon for Children, Film "About the Dragon on the Balcony, About the Kids and the Scooter", Tea from a Samovar with Zdravnevsky Herbs and Refreshments |
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Sports and Recreation Complex of the State Institution "Vitebsk City Sports and Recreation Complex" (26a 3rd Sadovaya Street) |
28 June 10:00-15:00 |
Billiards competition among workers, dedicated to the 1051st anniversary of the founding of Vitebsk, the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the city from Nazi invaders |
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Car park near the Blokhina Bridge |
28 June 10:00-15:00 |
"DRIFT TAXI" master class |
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State Institution "Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theatre" (Zamkovaya Street, 2) |
28 June 18:00 |
"PARACHUTISTS" performance |
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Viteba River bank (near Yubileiny Bridge) |
28-29 June 10:00-18:00 |
Vitebsk City Open Beach Football Cup among teams from Vitebsk and Vitebsk Region, dedicated to Vitebsk City Day |
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Open-air cinema, Studenchesky Square (Moskovsky Prospekt) |
28-29 June 28 June 13:30 14:00 16:00 29 June 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 "Chagall-Malevich"
Film screening film "Control Test in Speciality";
film "Starting Point" |
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Soviet Army Cultural and Recreational Complex |
28 June
11:00-20:00 29 June
12:00-14:00 11:00-18:00 15:00-18:00 |
"A FAMILY OUTING!" Mass leisure day. Sports equipment rental service, amusement complex operation
"VITEBSK IS OUR HOMETOWN!" Festive concert programme by the youth pop theatre "Star School" "SPORT FOR ALL – FROM 0 TO 100 VITEBSK 2025" Cultural and sports festival for the whole family Operation of various sports zones (kickboxing, football, jumping, yoga, taekwondo)
Demonstrations by sports clubs |
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Town Hall Courtyard |
29 June 18:00-23:00 |
"CATCH THE SUMMER AT THE TOWN HALL" Dance and music programme |
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Vitebsk Millennium Bridge |
29 June throughout the day |
"HISTORIC VITEBSK" Exhibition |
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Suvorov Street, Mayakovsky Square |
29 June 10:00-16:00 |
EXHIBITION-FAIR OF ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN Masterclasses Musical programme |
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Tolstoy Street |
29 June 10:00-16:00 |
Operation of trade facilities |
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Sports and Recreation Centre of the State Institution "Vitebsk Sports and Recreation Complex" (Sovetskaya Street, 7) |
29 June 10:00-15:00 |
Open City Chess Tournament |
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Frunze Park (near the fountain) |
29 June 16:00-18:00 |
"IN OLD RHYTHMS" Dance and entertainment programme |
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Inner Courtyard of the State Cultural Institution "Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic" (Lenin Street, 69) |
29 June 16:00-18:00 |
"KUPALA-FEST 2025" Final of the music band competition |
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ГУ «Национальный академический драматический театр им. Якуба Коласа» (Замковая Street, 2) |
29 June 18:00 |
"MUSICAL "VERNISAGE" musical and poetic evening |
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Exhibitions |
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"Marko" Trade Centre |
20 June - 4 July throughout the day |
"WE REMEMBER. WE HONOUR. WE DO NOT BETRAY." Exhibition |
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Exhibition space of the pedestrian crossing Moskovsky Avenue, Tereshkovoy-Nikolaevoy Street, city institutions and organisations |
26-28 June |
"SYMPHONY OF SPACE" republican digital art competition. Exhibition, award ceremony, quest walks |
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Zheleznodorozhny District (branch "Palace of Culture of Railway Workers" of the State Institution "Cultural and Information Centre "Golden Ring of the City of Vitebsk "Dvina", district organisations) |
25 June - throughout the day |
"OLD CITY, GLORIOUS CITY APPOINTS US A MEETING..." photo exhibition |
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State Cultural Institution "Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk" "Art Space" (Tolstogo Street, 7), cultural institutions, educational institutions of the city |
24-29 June |
"PHOTOCROOK" X S. Yurkovsky Photography Festival in Vitebsk |
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Museum of the History of VNHU (Shagala Street, 5a) |
17-30 June |
"VERA YERMOLAEVA: AMAZON OF RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE" exhibition of paintings and graphics from a private collection (Moscow) |
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State Educational Institution "Children's Art School No. 3 of Vitebsk "Maladik"
Exhibition Hall |
25 June 11:00-12:00 |
"PERSPECTIVE-2025" XVIII Open Exhibition-Competition of Fine Arts. Exhibition-Competition Opening |
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Educational Institution "Vitebsk Children's Art School" Exhibition Hall (3 Suvorov Street) (Mayakovsky Square) |
June 26 12:00-12:40 13:00 |
"PERSPECTIVE-2025" Opening Award Ceremony for Exhibition-Competition Winners |
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Exhibition Hall Branch of the Cultural Institution "Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk" (5 Beloborodov Street) |
June 26 16:00 |
"THREE ARTISTS WERE FRIENDS: LEONID ANTIMONOV, OLEG ORLOV, ALEXANDER SOLOVYOV"
"ADLYUSTRUVANNE" Sculptures by Ivan Kolodovsky |
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Marc Chagall Art Centre (25 Sovetskaya Street) |
June 26 17:00 throughout the month |
"The Bright Line of Constellations" – a creative evening of poetry and author's songs dedicated to D. Simanovich's birthday
"FORTUNATE IS HE WHO IS LIKE ULYSSES..." |
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Town Hall (Lenina Street, 36, Hall) |
27-28 June 11:00-23:00 |
Ascent to the panoramic viewing platform of the Town Hall tower, excursions |
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Town Hall (Lenina Street, 36) |
28 June 11:00-19:00 |
"RATUSHA – THE CENTRE OF VITEBSK", "PROPHOTO", "OLD TOWN" exhibitions (free admission) |
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Excursions |
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Historical centre of Vitebsk city
(Chekhova Street, |
June 28 10:30-16:00 11:00
13:30 16:00 |
CAMPAIGN "DEDICATED TO OUR BELOVED CITY..." (free thematic excursions and quests):
Excursion to the Church-Archaeological Cabinet of the Vitebsk Spiritual Seminary and the Church of the Resurrection of Christ
"ACCORDING TO THE MEMORIES OF BELLA SHAGAL"
"THE STORY OF ONE STREET" (Chekhov Street) excursion (starting from the "Mir" cinema, Chekhov Street, 3) |
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Art Museum (Lenin Street, 32) |
June 28 12:00, 15:00 |
"A WALK AROUND THE CITY WITH PENN" presentation of excursion, exhibition (by request) |
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Town Hall |
June 29 12:00 |
"YES, YES, IN THE VITEBSK WAY"
presentation of a thematic bus and walking excursion by the author |
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Tram route around the city departure point: tram loop, 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) |
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1000th Anniversary Square of Vitebsk |
June 28-29 20:00-24:00 |
Hot air balloon ride |
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Boat trip (route: Pobedy Square – Soviet Army Park – Pobedy Square) |
June 28-29 12:00-19:00 |
Boat trips on the Western Dvina River |
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