{"id":1025366,"date":"2026-09-09T15:45:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/?p=1025366"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:45:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:45:43","slug":"marking-minsks-959th-anniversary-a-video-based-on-bgamli-archival-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/news\/1025366","title":{"rendered":"Marking Minsk\u2019s 959th Anniversary: A Video Based on BGAMLI Archival Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minsk traditionally celebrates <strong>City Day<\/strong> on the second Saturday of September. On September 12, 2026, the Belarusian capital will mark its 959th anniversary. To commemorate this occasion, <strong>the Belarusian State Archive-Museum of Literature and Art<\/strong> (BGAMLI) has produced a video inviting viewers on a captivating virtual journey into the capital&#8217;s past.<\/p>\n<p>The short video features three artworks by Belarusian masters from the BGAMLI fine arts collection: a linocut by Anatoly Tychina titled \u00abMain Entrance to Dynamo Stadium\u00bb (1946); a drawing by Ivan Rey titled \u00abAlexander Square with a View of Shop No.13\u00bb (1960s); and a drawing by Makrina Pashkovskaya titled \u00abMinsk\u2019s Upper City, Viewed from the Svisloch River\u00bb (1988).<\/p>\n<p>By juxtaposing these archival artworks with modern-day views of the same locations, the one-minute video allows viewers to witness the changing face of their beloved city and experience the unbroken continuity of time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The BGAMLI team extends its sincere congratulations to the residents of Minsk and visitors to the capital on this festive occasion!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You can watch the video<\/strong> and take an aesthetic stroll through the Minsk of yesteryear on the official BGAMLI YouTube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/nYxcLMNSm6g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>via this link<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\"  width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"gen_table\">\n<tr align='center'>\n<td align='center'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1-36.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" id=\"media-1087152\" class=\"wp-image-1087152 alignnone size-full\" width=\"70%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>Ivan Rey. \u00abAlexander Square with a View of Shop No.13\u00bb. 1960s. Fond 374, Inventory 2, Item 87.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minsk traditionally celebrates City Day on the second Saturday of September. On September 12, 2026, the Belarusian capital will mark its 959th anniversary. To commemorate this occasion, the Belarusian State&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-1025366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-gb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025366"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1025366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1025367,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025366\/revisions\/1025367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1025366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1025366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.gov.by\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1025366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}