The Belarusian State Archive of Film, Photo, and Sound Documents presents an exhibition of photo documents «Photo documents from the funds of the Belarusian State Archive of Film, Photo, and Sound Documents dedicated to urban improvement»

By Decree No.1 of the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenko, 2025 was declared the Year of Improvement.

The Belarusian State Archive of Film, Photo, and Sound Documents has prepared a virtual exhibition for the Year of Improvement. A video for the virtual exhibition is posted on the YouTube channel of the Belarusian State Archive of Film, Photo, and Sound Documents.

At present, the funds of the Belarusian State Archive of Film, Photo, and Sound Documents contain a huge layer of film and photo documents related to urban and rural improvement – street and courtyard repairs by residents of cities and towns, landscaping, putting residential and public infrastructure in order, building highways, and much more.

Similar stories are presented in the newsreels «Savetskaya Belarus», «Naviny Dnya», the documentary film «Poleskie Gorizonty», 1975, in the information programs «Kontury» and «Nedelya». In 2025, large-scale measures will be taken, including to restore order on the land, improve settlements, industrial facilities, and maintain the territories along highways and railways in proper condition.

The Year of Improvement is intended to unite the efforts of the state and society to further improve the quality of life in the Republic of Belarus.

1. 0-140394 Laying road surface on the main street of Minsk, Sovetskaya Street (future I.V.Stalin Avenue) 1947, Minsk

2. 0-000112 Landscaping work in Grodno April 15, 1949, Grodno

3. 0-000981 Planting 40-year-old linden trees along Sovetskaya Street in Minsk October 1, 1949, Minsk

4. 0-160505 Young residents of houses along Marksa Street in Minsk improving the yard area June 17, 1956, Minsk

5. 0-020000 Rural youth at the construction of a club in the «Stalin’s Way» collective farm in the Myadel district January 9 1959, Molodechno region

6. 0-016889 Improvement of one of the courtyards in Mogilev 1959, Mogilev

7. 0-075120 Workers of the Palace of Culture of the Rossiya collective farm, Grodno region, improving the park around the palace April 11, 1961, Grodno region

8. 0-049462 Improvement of Pionerskaya street in the village of Mir by students of the Mir secondary school June 1963, Grodno region

9. 0-069451 Students of the Motykal secondary school, Brest region, improve the school grounds April 6, 1967, Brest region

10. C1-0261 Laying asphalt on a section of the Lyakhovichi-Kletsk road 1970, Minsk region

11. 0-154638 Workers of the Minsk Bearing Plant (GPZ-11) landscaping a park on V. Vasnetsov Street during a cleanup day in honor of the 30th anniversary of the liberation of the BSSR from the Nazi invaders June 22, 1974, Minsk

12. 0-120096 Students of the Belarusian State Polytechnical Institute landscaping the area near the Machine Operator’s House under construction during their industrial training at the Progress collective farm in the Grodno region July 20, 1979, Grodno region

13. 0-123671 Improvement of the territory of the republican pioneer camp «Zubrenok» 1982, Minsk region

14. C1-0316 Improvement and landscaping of the entrance to a residential building in the village of Myshkovichi, Kirovsky district (collective farm-agrofirm «Rassvet» named after K.P. Orlovsky) 1980s, Mogilev region

15. 0-138024 Fighters of the student construction team «Zodchie» of the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute during work on the improvement of the city park in the city of Volozhin August 18, 1989, Minsk region

16. E002363 Residents of the city of Dobrush at a clean-up day to improve the monument erected in honor of the liberators from the Nazi invaders and the surrounding area April 12, 2004, Gomel region.

17. E058518 View of the landscaped courtyard on Krasnozvezdnaya Street, Leninsky District, Mogilev August 3, 2006, Mogilev

18. E085631 Valentina Efimova, artist-designer of Housing Maintenance Section No.7 of the municipal unitary enterprise «Housing and Repair Maintenance Department of the Leninsky District of Mogilev», carries out work on landscaping the entrance to an apartment building, organized at the initiative of residents and the management of Housing Maintenance Department No.7 October 2009, Mogilev

19. E023155 Workers of the UP «Zelenstroy» of the Oktyabrsky District of Minsk during the design of a flower arrangement with a clock on the territory near the railway station May 2010, Minsk

20. E042449 Married couple G. Gnezdovskaya and S. Gnezdovsky are improving Galina’s parental home in the village of Popovtsy, Slutsk district June 2015, Minsk region

21. E063390 Mogilev artist Pyotr Pechenkov and a resident of Shklov, metal engraver, carver and carpenter Nikolai Punchenko at work on improving the territory of the natural monument «Rodnaya Krynichka» near the village of Prosaly, Shklov district March 2019, Mogilev region

22. E092133 Employees of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus, the Department of Archives and Records Management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus during landscaping work on the territory of the institution «Belarusian State Archive of Film, Photo, and Sound Documents», carried out as part of the Republican cleanup day April 22, 2023, Minsk region.