Documentary exhibition celebrating 85th anniversary of Belarusian architect Yury Shpit

On 4 November 2015 the Municipal Art Gallery of Works by Leonid Shchemelyov in Minsk opened an exhibition dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the birth of People’s Architect of Belarus Yury SHPIT. The exhibition is organized jointly by the Belarusian State Archives of Scientific and Technical Documentation and the Museum of the History of Minsk City.

The exhibition features documents and photos from the Belarusian State Archives of Scientific and Technical Documentation related to the versatile professional activity of the architect.

At the opening of the exhibition spoke Honored Architect of the BSSR Yu. Gradov, Director of the Belarusian State Archives of Scientific and Technical Documentation A. Zapartyko, Deputy President of the Belarusian Union of Architects V. Drazhin etc. Among the participants were Director of the Department for Archives and Records Management V. Adamushko, Director of the Belarusian Archives-Museum of Literature and Art A. Zapartyko, architects L. Yesman, N. Yesman, L. Nordshtein, G. Gorina, T. Stanishevskaya etc.