The final board meeting of the Vitebsk State Production Forestry Association was held, where the results of work for 2025 were summarized and tasks for 2026 were defined. The Minister of Forestry, Alexander Kulik, took part in the event.

Based on the results of the 2025 work, the winners and leaders of the industry were determined:

Best Forestry Enterprise of the Year — Lepel Forestry Enterprise

Best Forestry Unit of the Year — Slobodskoye Forestry Unit of Lepel Forestry Enterprise.

Best Woodworking Shop among shops with a staff of over 50 people — Woodworking Shop of Lepel Forestry Enterprise.

Winner of the regional stage of the review competition for the best organization of ideological work — Deputy Head for Ideological Work, Natalia Danilevich.

We congratulate the winners and all employees on achieving high results.

Following the board meeting, priority tasks for 2026 were also formed, aimed at increasing production efficiency, preserving and increasing labor resources.

Based on the results of 2025, the Lepel Forestry Enterprise's wood processing shop took 2nd place in the industry in the category of shops with a staff of over 50 people.

Employees of Lepel Forestry Enterprise were also among the winners and prize-winners.

In individual competitions, the prize-winners were:

Artyom Ustilovich — 2nd place in the industry competition among skidding (logging) machine operators (forwarders), group "A";

Alexander Sadovsky — 2nd place in the industry competition among skidding (logging) machine operators (harvesters), group "A".

We congratulate the winners and thank the residents of Lepel for their high professionalism and contribution to the development of the industry.