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Беларусь.Belarus Monthly magazine No. 10 (937), 2011 Published since 1930 State Registration Certificate of mass medium No.8 dated March 2nd, 2009, issued by the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus
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Massive China — huge prospects
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Trajectory of sustainable development On september 14th, Belarus witnessed an event awaited equally by national businesses, foreign investors and the public: the Foreign and Currency Stock Exchange launched an additional session for trading in foreign currencies, aiming to determine a market rate for the Belarusian Rouble
Bold challenge New tractor truck by Minsk Automobile Plant ready to compete on global scale
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Hearty welcome
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Setting out for a marsh outing
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Polesie chronicles It’s been a year now
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always been a success at Moscow Book Fairs
“We live here, our souls remain there…”
Executive Secretary: Valentina Zhdanovich
Design and Layout by Vadim Kondrashov, Georgiy Shablyuk, Aloizas Yunevich
Oksana Lesnaya: moments of free flight This year, Oksana Lesnaya, a leading
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“Mammoth” to bring in fresh ideas National Beauty School hosts competition for designers, as part of 12th Festival of AvantGarde Fashion
Master class by Eduard Astafiev Famous Belarusian sculptor thinks of himself as a happy person
Enchanted by power of music Sincere and straightforward — she is as she is Belarus’ Lidia Zablotskaya, from Vdokhnovenie (Inspiration) Studio at Mogilev’s City Gymnasium #1, to sing at International Junior Eurovision-2011 Song Contest, hosted by Yerevan on December 3rd
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since Belarus launched a programme aimed at development of Pripyat Polesie. The unique area embracing seven districts in Brest and Gomel Regions along the Pripyat River is sure in for dramatical changes of its appearance
Books of weight Belarusian expositions have
Editor: Viktor Kharkov
Story musical to be staged in Minsk for first time
actress with the Maxim Gorky National Academic Drama Theatre, celebrates her 20th anniversary with the troupe
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It’s not only Broadway where… West Side
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Old paths towards new impressions
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