Ministry of Culture holds contest among best projects of monuments

20 мая 2017

The Ministry of Culture of Belarus is conducting a contest for the creation of a project of a monument-bust of Alexei Blagoveshchensky, a Belarusian pilot. The bust is to be installed in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

In Chisinau, Moldova, a monument-bust of Francisk Skorina, one of the first book printers in Eastern Europe, is planned to be installed. At the moment, there is one in Prague, the Czech Republic. Francisk Skorina is known to be a citizen of the world. He lived and worked in many countries of Europe. It is possible that in good time, monuments to the first Belarusian book printer will appear in Krakow, Vilnius, and Padua.

Applications for the contest can be submitted until 20 June.