Books of the Library of the Union State project were presented at the fair in Minsk

The XXXIII Minsk International Book Fair opened on March 12 at the BelExpo Exhibition Center in Belarus. As part of the event, the Standing Committee of the Union State (SG) presented new books of the literary and publishing project "Library of the Union State".

Among the new works, "Simeon Polotsky. Ascetic and enlightener", "Ivan Fedorov and Francis Skarina. Discovering a new world...", "Mikhail Lomonosov. Exploring everywhere every hour...", "Dmitry Mendeleev and Kazimir Semenovich. Ahead of their time..." and "Space. The dream of mankind...".

In addition, the published publications "Defending the Fatherland" appeared at the fair.: About the exploits of the Brest, Vitebsk, Minsk, Mogilev and Polotsk infantry regiments in the Patriotic War of 1812", "There is no statute of limitations ... crimes of fascism against the peoples of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", as well as "Operation Bagration". The partisans of the Belarusian land...".

All eight publications are located at a separate booth of the Permanent Committee of the SG. Dmitry Mezentsev, Secretary of State of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, also took part in the event. According to him, some of the copies are "Cosmos. The dream of mankind..." came off the printing press the day before.

"There's a story on 50 printed sheets about how the idea was born. From the proposals of Kazimir Semenovich, expressed in the XVI century, to the works and ideas of [Konstantin] Tsiolkovsky. But today this book opens with the chapter "Heirs of the pioneers", photographs by [Yuri] Gagarin and [Valentina] Tereshkova, supported by photographs of Oleg Novitsky and Maria Vasilevskaya, photographs of the meeting between [Russian President] Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and [President of Belarus] Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko at the Svobodny cosmodrome in the Amur region. This is also unity. The unity of traditions that unite Belarus and Russia," he stressed.

Vladimir Medinsky, Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, noted that writers need readers and circulations. According to him, the Belarusian market will not give local authors the opportunity to self-actualize. Thus, he noted that cooperation between Moscow and Minsk is necessary.

This year, the project is preparing to release books such as "Defending the Fatherland. The Path to Victory" in 2 volumes, "The Glorious Names of the Fatherland. The winning Generals: I.F. Paskevich and P.A. Rumyantsev" with the inclusion of archival documents, in particular, from the funds of the State Institution "National Historical Archive of Belarus", "Peaceful Atom: myths, facts, reality" about the history of peaceful atom, as well as "Cultural heritage: architectural monuments" about iconic cultural monuments with a rich history in Belarus and Russia.

The purpose of the Library of the Union State project is to support and publish fundamental research on key pages of the joint historical path of Russia and Belarus, as well as prospects for the development of bilateral integration and the construction of the Union State. The project presents vivid pages of the history of Moscow and Minsk, reliable materials about the heroic past of the peoples, national ways and traditions, as well as about culture and spiritual "bonds" that bind Belarusians and Russians.

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