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20260811 210500 UTC
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[00:01:54] We are in the fields of the peasant farm
[00:01:58] Nakhodka Polesie in the agro-town. Tyshkovichi, in the capital
[00:02:01] of tulips, that's what we
[00:02:04] unofficially our agro-town, and generally
[00:02:07] in the Brest region, everyone already knows us, not only in the Brest region, but they call
[00:02:11] it the capital. The initiator
[00:02:14] of its creation was my
[00:02:17] husband, Valery Nikolaevich. We
[00:02:20] initially, when we got married, lived in
[00:02:23] Pinsk. We had several acquaintances who
[00:02:27] grew them in small quantities.
[00:02:37] My husband became very interested in this topic at that time, and there was no demand for tulips in Belarus yet. The next
[00:02:40] year, we already grew 700 tulips
[00:02:44] in our household plot
[00:02:48] in Pinsk, and then everything went in
[00:02:51] geometric progression. The next year
[00:02:55] we grew 17, I was
[00:02:57] in shock, I was so scared,
[00:03:00] but they say, courage takes cities, the opportunity
[00:03:03] to grow more tulips on the household plot in Pinsk, we
[00:03:06] didn't have it, we are
[00:03:10] residents and natives of the agro-town
[00:03:13] of Tyshkovichi, we decided to return to
[00:03:16] Tyshkovichi, there is a bigger household plot here and
[00:03:20] to grow more tulips, we built
[00:03:23] a greenhouse on the household plot, where
[00:03:26] my mother lived, we grew 300,000.
[00:04:00] modern, because maybe
[00:04:03] we, if they hadn't participated in this production
[00:04:07] and hadn't achieved that,
[00:04:11] my husband is the main strategist of this
[00:04:13] farm. We met
[00:04:16] the Dutch,
[00:04:19] close cooperation was established, they pushed us to
[00:04:23] grow tulip
[00:04:26] bulbs, not tulips, but bulbs, because
[00:04:29] we... didn't dare, everyone said that in our
[00:04:32] lands, not in Belarus, we don't have such a climate, that
[00:04:35] they tried, that they tried in Russia, it
[00:04:38] doesn't work, the humidity is not
[00:04:41] the same, the winters are not the same.
[00:04:45] My nephew works on this farm with
[00:04:48] his wife, and I want to say, this is that strong
[00:04:52] core, who has an irregular working
[00:04:56] day, who set
[00:04:59] a goal... achieves it,
[00:05:02] not just as much as possible, but
[00:05:05] they live for the future, they see
[00:05:09] this future, they strive to live
[00:05:13] better, because Belarus is
[00:05:16] truly a country for life. Anyone
[00:05:20] who wants to achieve something, who
[00:05:23] truly wants to work, has
[00:05:27] the opportunity to work and achieve. Many do not
[00:05:30] want to go to the countryside because
[00:05:34] they think it might be hard to work here.
[00:05:38] It's really not easy to work, because somehow...
[00:05:40] the places
[00:06:12] for recreation are unique. I want
[00:06:15] to say that we have very hardworking
[00:06:19] people in Polesia. In the summer
[00:06:21] period, it is very difficult
[00:06:25] to find people to work because
[00:06:29] everyone has their own household plots
[00:06:33] and they are planted not with grass, they
[00:06:36] are planted with blueberries, raspberries,
[00:06:39] strawberries. Almost everyone... who
[00:06:42] is still at that
[00:06:44] age when they have the strength
[00:06:48] to work, takes an additional hectare or
[00:06:52] two hectares of land in the village council, plants
[00:06:55] early potatoes, cabbage.
[00:06:59] People cannot imagine life without
[00:07:02] work. A person works because they are used
[00:07:05] to working, because they work at home, and they
[00:07:08] work for us the way they work
[00:07:11] at home. I never thought that I would return to
[00:07:14] the village, well, because somehow - that's
[00:07:17] how life turns out, and to this day, by the way, it still turns out
[00:07:21] that everyone strives for the city, and not only children
[00:07:25] strive for the city, even our parents, maybe because they worked
[00:07:29] hard, they reasoned, oh, I need to study and
[00:07:32] work somewhere in the city, where
[00:07:34] it's easier. At the moment,
[00:07:37] I want to say, life in
[00:07:41] the city and in the village differs
[00:07:44] little, well, at least I mean our
[00:07:47] region, here is Tishkov Chematal, asphalt
[00:07:50] everywhere, everyone has gas heating,
[00:07:54] electricity,
[00:07:56] shops, everything is within
[00:07:59] walking distance. At that time, of course, it was not like that, so we
[00:08:03] also dreamed of the city, and I never
[00:08:07] thought that I would return to the village,
[00:08:10] never, but...
[00:08:13] I dreamed that I would be the head of a kindergarten,
[00:08:17] I would have
[00:08:20] an apartment. So I tell everyone
[00:08:23] that what we
[00:08:26] achieved,
[00:08:29] of course, it was not me alone who achieved it or my husband, but
[00:08:32] generally our whole family, what
[00:08:36] we achieved exceeded all my
[00:08:39] expectations, I did not expect
[00:08:42] that
[00:08:46] I would sit here
[00:08:49] in such a paradise, and it is truly
[00:08:53] paradise,
[00:08:55] that I would have my own
[00:08:57] house,
[00:09:00] that I would have such intelligent
[00:09:04] children and
[00:09:05] a son-in-law.
[00:09:09] I generally believe that...
[00:09:14] everything that we have
[00:09:17] is a Klondike,
[00:09:20] yes, I generally consider myself a very happy woman,
[00:09:23] happiness is just
[00:09:27] from a bump to a summit, depending on the
[00:09:30] person. For me, happiness is not
[00:09:32] a bump, well, maybe not
[00:09:36] a summit, but it's also a high
[00:09:39] bar, high demands and... I'm happy.
[00:10:14] of Life" is on air. Fate endowed our hero with many
[00:10:17] talents. He sings, writes music, creates arrangements
[00:11:45] We are a family of farmers from Kobrin district, Brest
[00:11:48] region, and you are at the Dedovakhutora
[00:11:51] farm.
[00:12:02] We are engaged in the production of vegetables, mainly
[00:12:06] early vegetables.
[00:12:08] We are located on the lawn near our greenhouse
[00:12:11] and farmer's house. We received this land back in
[00:12:15] 2015, in a very deplorable state, very
[00:12:19] neglected, and here there was a mix of young
[00:12:22] forest and a nascent...
[00:12:25] dump. Many local residents brought some
[00:12:28] construction waste here, and in order to start any
[00:12:32] work here, we had
[00:12:34] to work hard for more than a year. We gained our first experience in
[00:12:38] farming by working with my parents, they are also
[00:12:42] farmers, but they grow apples. We managed to work
[00:12:46] with them, to experience what this kind of work is like, and at some
[00:12:50] point we decided to develop independently,
[00:12:52] to separate, to go our own way.
[00:12:55] Uh, having gained excellent experience, seeing how those very
[00:12:58] apples and various vegetables grow. The first crop in our farm was
[00:13:02] zucchini, we cultivated it back
[00:13:05] at my wife's parents' farm,
[00:13:09] and to this day zucchini remains our number
[00:13:12] one, but since then
[00:13:15] we have not stopped experimenting and thanks
[00:13:19] to this, today we cultivate such
[00:13:22] crops as asparagus, and...
[00:13:25] zucchini, courgette, sweet corn,
[00:13:28] large assortment of muscat pumpkins, also iceberg lettuce, cabbage,
[00:13:31] broccoli,
[00:13:35] cauliflower, various colors, well, and various colored
[00:13:38] cabbages, this season
[00:13:41] this year, we will finish
[00:13:44] with apples.
[00:13:54] And we... are in one of the fields where an
[00:13:58] experiment is being conducted with a crop called artichoke. And
[00:14:01] you can see the artichoke, a Mediterranean
[00:14:04] plant that liked our Belarusian
[00:14:07] climate, our land, and this is our fourth year
[00:14:11] experimenting with this crop, gaining experience
[00:14:14] and accordingly forming a food culture for
[00:14:17] our customers.
[00:14:20] And in this, our retail chains
[00:14:24] kindly help us. Because this is a good tool for
[00:14:27] a larger number
[00:14:30] of customers, people to get acquainted with this wonderful
[00:14:34] crop, which is very
[00:14:37] useful for digestion, for the liver,
[00:14:41] and in early spring, well, in early spring, in
[00:14:45] May, you can already enjoy this
[00:14:48] delicacy. Artichoke
[00:14:51] is a plant of the aster family, so it's essentially
[00:14:54] a flower. Its main purpose
[00:14:58] is medicinal, and
[00:15:01] its inflorescence is used in food
[00:15:04] in a closed state, and
[00:15:06] to prepare it,
[00:15:10] you need to peel off the leaves. The
[00:15:13] inflorescence of the plant is consumed in
[00:15:16] a closed form. You need to cut it off at the stem, approximately
[00:15:20] 4-5 cm. This is how
[00:15:23] it looks. To prepare
[00:15:26] an artichoke, you need to peel off the leaves,
[00:15:30] get to the yellow ones, which are
[00:15:32] tender and young. Then
[00:15:34] we cut it in half,
[00:15:37] cut off the top part and clean out
[00:15:40] the fluff that is at the bottom. This
[00:15:43] bottom part with short leaves is eaten.
[00:15:47] Different recipes are used
[00:15:50] for preparing artichoke. You can bake
[00:15:54] it in the oven, you can fry it deliciously with garlic and simmer it under
[00:15:58] a lid. We really like the second
[00:16:01] recipe, our family actively prepares artichoke like this,
[00:16:04] artichoke is a very healthy plant. For the liver
[00:16:08] it is a good choleretic
[00:16:09] agent.
[00:16:12] The artichoke is a rather interesting plant in agricultural technology.
[00:16:15] Its cultivation was first
[00:16:18] prompted by an experiment with the first crop - asparagus. Then,
[00:16:21] during negotiations
[00:16:25] with partners, we became interested in artichoke. They
[00:16:29] offered us seeds for testing and we
[00:16:32] started to grow it. Agricultural technology includes sowing
[00:16:36] seeds for seedlings
[00:16:39] in winter. Then for half the winter
[00:16:42] and spring, the seedlings must be kept in a greenhouse. Then
[00:16:46] they are planted in the ground, after
[00:16:50] which, after about 2 months, the first
[00:16:52] artichoke harvest can be gathered. In
[00:16:56] the Mediterranean, artichoke is considered a perennial
[00:16:59] plant. Unfortunately, our first experience was not like that. The next year nothing
[00:17:03] grew, and we persistently continued
[00:17:06] to cultivate artichokes, but only a year later, because the season was
[00:17:10] lost, the time was gone.
[00:17:12] In principle, in the fourth year we reached the
[00:17:16] result that we saved most of the plantations. We also
[00:17:20] sowed new plants this year
[00:17:24] as a backup, so we are determined
[00:17:26] to continue our experiment and
[00:17:30] improve the health of our
[00:17:32] Belarusians.
[00:17:38] As far as we know and from
[00:17:42] our experience, we were the first in the country to start
[00:17:45] cultivating artichoke, and
[00:17:48] so far, in 4 years, we are the only ones.
[00:17:52] It would be interesting if other
[00:17:55] producers appeared, because it's more interesting together,
[00:17:59] it would be great to exchange experiences,
[00:18:02] together,
[00:18:05] together, in a word, it's easier to achieve
[00:18:07] a certain goal. I would also like to add that
[00:18:11] the main product of the artichoke
[00:18:15] is its inflorescence in this form, but
[00:18:18] a wonderful side effect at the
[00:18:21] end of the growing season is its
[00:18:25] flowers - beautiful lilac,
[00:18:28] purple color,
[00:18:30] they gladden the hearts of lovely ladies.
[00:18:34] As experience has shown, Belarusian land...
[00:18:37] is ready to accept any experiments,
[00:18:41] the important thing is the seed and a lot of work.
[00:20:00] of up to 30 km. A novelty from
[00:20:04] Minsk machine builders is now traveling to exhibitions.
[00:20:08] It generally combines the advantages of
[00:20:11] an electric bus and a trolleybus, thanks to the Minsk City Executive Committee, financial
[00:20:15] resources were allocated and we carried out such a large-scale modernization,
[00:20:18] reconstruction, and renewal of our beautiful Gomarnik
[00:20:22] square. Your City project. We will look
[00:20:25] into quiet courtyards, remember legends and tell
[00:20:29] about cultural splendor. Watch on our
[00:20:32] TV channel.
[00:21:00] When we started our farm,
[00:21:03] it's easier to do business
[00:21:06] in the city, because people
[00:21:09] there don't know each other, don't
[00:21:13] know who comes from what family, and somehow perceive
[00:21:16] all this more simply. When
[00:21:20] you start doing business
[00:21:24] where you were born, people have some
[00:21:27] initial distrust, how can they, will they
[00:21:31] be able to organize all this, because
[00:21:35] well, people here
[00:21:38] are simpler, they are used
[00:21:40] to working themselves, not organizing work,
[00:21:43] but working themselves physically,
[00:21:46] so I wouldn't say that someone
[00:21:51] criticized us, but people initially treated
[00:21:54] our business with distrust, there was also this
[00:21:58] thought, who needs these flowers,
[00:22:01] and spending money, well, because,
[00:22:05] well, times change, views
[00:22:08] change, now it's completely
[00:22:12] different, now in Tyshkovichi, everyone has
[00:22:15] tulips growing in their yards,
[00:22:18] everyone comes to work for us in winter
[00:22:21] under a contract of employment, to clean them up,
[00:22:25] everyone admires them.
[00:22:28] When I meet some
[00:22:31] acquaintances from another
[00:22:35] place, the world is small, people somehow meet,
[00:22:38] travel together, relax together, stay in the hospital
[00:22:42] together, and
[00:22:44] it's nice when they say, oh, I was traveling with
[00:22:48] yours.
[00:23:08] in the opposite direction. Now, on the contrary, people ask us how to
[00:23:12] plant correctly, and what to
[00:23:15] feed them to get such high yields. So
[00:23:18] the distrust has turned, let's say,
[00:23:22] into
[00:23:25] imitation. Let's say, the policy
[00:23:28] of our farm is that if people ask us something, we always
[00:23:32] tell them, because from our own experience, let's say,
[00:23:36] if a person wants to achieve something, he
[00:23:39] will still achieve it. And
[00:23:42] if a person wants to achieve something, why not
[00:23:46] help him? So you have to be kind in this world.
[00:24:58] Having experience of living in big
[00:25:01] cities, such as Minsk, Brest,
[00:25:05] we really like Kobrin, especially our
[00:25:07] village, because we found our
[00:25:11] small piece of paradise on earth. Our lifestyle
[00:25:14] is very much to our
[00:25:17] liking. A small
[00:25:21] city close to the borders,
[00:25:24] compact, with a rich infrastructure,
[00:25:28] perfectly suitable for living, raising
[00:25:32] children, and at the same time spending minimal
[00:25:35] time on moving
[00:25:38] from point A to point B,
[00:25:42] and thanks to this, there is a lot of time left
[00:25:45] to dedicate it to work, or rest, or
[00:25:49] personal life.
[00:26:03] Every day is different from
[00:26:05] the previous one, everything changes, tasks change, the weather
[00:26:09] changes. Some new crops arrive,
[00:26:13] it's time to harvest from the fields, everything is
[00:26:15] different. One evening, Andrey and I were driving
[00:26:19] home, tired, barely dragging our
[00:26:23] feet. We were driving and complaining to each other that we
[00:26:26] love this job so much that we don't know when
[00:26:30] to stop.
[00:29:16] withstood trials, entered the best period in history.
[00:29:19] A solemn event took place at the Chinese Embassy in
[00:29:22] Belarus. The first through freight train -
[00:29:25] the Slavic Caravan - departed from Orsha to
[00:29:27] Uzbekistan at the invitation of the President
[00:29:30] of Belarus. Belarusian-Chinese
[00:29:32] and entered the best period in history.
[00:29:39] relations have withstood the test of international turbulence
[00:29:45] This was stated by the Chinese Ambassador to Belarus at a solemn
[00:29:48] event on the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the founding
[00:29:51] of the Communist Party of China and the 99th anniversary of the
[00:29:54] formation of the People's Liberation Army. Behind the diplomatic
[00:29:58] protocol is a concrete economic agenda
[00:30:01] of strengthening strategic partnership. Last year,
[00:30:04] the total trade volume between China and Belarus already amounted
[00:30:08] to more than eight and eight billion US
[00:30:11] dollars. I want to tell you a secret that in the first half
[00:30:15] of this year, we already saw a large
[00:30:17] increase, somewhere around 30%
[00:30:21] increase, so it is quite likely that
[00:30:24] this year we will have a new record in trade between
[00:30:27] China and Belarus. The reception is not just a tribute
[00:30:31] to important dates in Chinese history, but a clear
[00:30:35] confirmation of common interest. This
[00:30:38] and next years have been officially declared years
[00:30:41] of industrial cooperation between Belarus and China. Belarus and Tajikistan signed
[00:30:45] a roadmap for cooperation until 2031.
[00:30:49] The ceremony took place during the nineteenth meeting
[00:30:52] of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation
[00:30:56] in Brest. At the meeting, the state and prospects
[00:30:59] of trade, economic, investment, and
[00:31:03] interregional cooperation, industrial cooperation,
[00:31:06] and interaction in various spheres of the economy and social
[00:31:09] sphere were discussed.
[00:31:11] The first through freight train Slavic Caravan departed from Orsha to
[00:31:15] Uzbekistan. The solemn event took place at
[00:31:18] Orsha Vostochnaya station. The train will follow the route Belarus,
[00:31:22] Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. The train consists
[00:31:25] of wagons with wood processing products, food cargo, and
[00:31:29] compound feed. In the future, it is planned to expand the range
[00:31:32] of cargo to include wagons with containers delivered
[00:31:36] by road, which will allow taking advantage of all
[00:31:39] the benefits of multimodal transportation. Already
[00:31:42] today we passed on this route.
[00:32:45] Uzbekistan. On the way back, of course, we will
[00:32:48] expect the Eastern Caravan
[00:32:51] to arrive here. The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and
[00:32:55] the Southern Medical University of China signed an agreement on
[00:32:58] scientific and technical cooperation. The document
[00:33:00] will unite the efforts of the parties to strengthen scientific potential,
[00:33:04] exchange advanced technologies, and create joint products
[00:33:08] for applied purposes. The priority direction
[00:33:10] of cooperation is research in the field of traditional Chinese
[00:33:14] medicine. Vietnam arrived
[00:33:21] for
[00:33:25] a vacation in Belarus at the invitation of the president. The National Children's
[00:33:28] Educational and Health Center Zubrenok on the shores of Naroch
[00:33:32] is a platform for studying Belarusian traditions and culture. The program for
[00:33:35] vacationers includes sports, creativity, excursions, and
[00:33:38] health improvement. This year we are hosting children from
[00:33:42] 10 countries, already delegations from... Uzbekistan,
[00:33:46] Kyrgyzstan, from Algeria, Egypt, India,
[00:33:49] and Zimbabwe have rested with us. Currently,
[00:33:53] delegations from Vietnam, Myanmar,
[00:33:56] and Laos are receiving health
[00:33:59] treatment. In August, we expect a large delegation from the People's Republic
[00:34:03] of China. My first impression of Belarus
[00:34:06] is exclusively positive, I came here for the first time. I
[00:34:09] really like it here, I'm surprised how clean the air is and
[00:34:13] how green the forests are. The children are very friendly, I've
[00:34:17] already made friends with them, they are very active, kind,
[00:34:20] easy to make contact with. There are also interesting sports
[00:34:24] games and competitions in the camp, such events unite
[00:34:27] us. The invitation of children from other countries has been organized
[00:34:30] annually since 2017.
[00:34:33] Funds are allocated on behalf of the head of state,
[00:34:36] during this time more than 2,500 children
[00:34:40] from 40 countries
[00:34:42] have rested and received treatment in Belarus.
[00:35:02] Digital cooperation, increased exports, launch of direct
[00:35:05] air travel. Belarus and Saudi Arabia are reaching a fundamentally new
[00:35:09] level of economic interaction.
[00:35:12] The first through route connected Belarus and Uzbekistan. The Slavic Caravan
[00:35:16] project will accelerate the delivery of goods by rail transportation. Tastings,
[00:35:19] a competition for bakers, and a tractor show - Grodno region invites you to
[00:35:23] the Bread Festival. What is the recipe for that very "Batkova Bulka" and what
[00:35:26] is the secret of the Karavai-fest's popularity?