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00:00:4324, discover Belarus.
00:03:43Who would have thought, friends, that Belarus has its own
00:03:46Rome, yes, without coliseums and gladiators, but with five
00:03:50hills, its own history and legends that have lived
00:03:53here for more than a century, these are Gorki,
00:03:56friends, and my journey begins.
00:04:01Getting to Gorki is not an easy task, but I know
00:04:04three successful ways to get here from the capital.
00:04:08The first is by minibus, they don't run often, so
00:04:12my advice to you is to plan your
00:04:14trip in advance. There is also a railway route,
00:04:17although you can't avoid a transfer. Depart from
00:04:21Minsk-Passenger station to Orsha, from there an electric train
00:04:24will take you to Pogodina station. In total, the journey
00:04:27will take the same 4 hours. For motorists,
00:04:31almost the entire route runs along the E30 highway,
00:04:34and then along the R15, just 3 hours behind the wheel
00:04:38and you are in Gorki.
00:04:56This is a place without which it is difficult to imagine Gorki.
00:05:14And here, more than ever, the phrase known to all
00:05:17local residents and students is appropriate. Let's meet at the revolving
00:05:21gates. The question immediately arises, where do they revolve? Well,
00:05:25nowhere now, but more than 100 years ago,
00:05:29a guard's house with a revolving gate stood in its
00:05:32place, the godmother of this place. These gates
00:05:36will forever tie our hearts to the smell
00:05:39of grass, rye, and also the taste of apples to the earth. Its
00:05:42secrets and riches, so I invite you to go through these
00:05:46gates to fall in love completely, let's
00:05:49go,
00:05:51going deeper, you immediately notice a well-maintained
00:05:54plot that has been associated with science and
00:05:58experiments for over 100 years. This is Rytov's
00:06:02garden, a place where, at one time, Professor Mikhail
00:06:05Rytov, together with students, conducted
00:06:08research, grew an abundance of agricultural
00:06:11crops and tested new methods in beekeeping,
00:06:15but most importantly, this plot has not
00:06:17lost its purpose today, it
00:06:20continues to teach and conduct research, right now
00:06:24the land is occupied by the implementation of a large-scale
00:06:27scientific and educational project. You can see at what stage
00:06:30this construction is, we have started the installation
00:06:34of fifth-generation greenhouses, there are no such greenhouses
00:06:37in Belarus, these are innovative greenhouses that
00:06:41allow year-round maintenance of
00:06:45the microclimate inside the greenhouse in accordance
00:06:48with the parameters that plants require.
00:06:52It turns out that even greenhouses have their own modern
00:06:55technologies, one of them is interplanting. I'll explain
00:06:59it in simple words, plants here literally pass
00:07:03the baton, while the old ones are still yielding a harvest,
00:07:06new ones are already growing next to them, when
00:07:09the young ones begin to bear fruit, the old ones are replaced.
00:07:42and technologists of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian
00:07:45Federation,
00:07:48with whom we have agreements, and colleagues from Central
00:07:51Asian countries have shown great
00:07:54interest. We plan to develop such complexes in the Brest
00:07:58and Vitebsk regions. While many
00:08:00enterprises are only looking at new solutions,
00:08:04the technology is gradually coming to Belarus. Those who are at
00:08:07least a little bit in the know understand the potential it
00:08:11carries. It's really cool that such innovative projects are appearing,
00:08:15in general, good luck with the implementation of your, let's
00:08:18say, ambitious plans. Thank you, we are waiting for
00:08:22you at the academy next year, when our facility will be
00:08:25fully operational, come,
00:08:28bring applicants, whom we will gladly teach.
00:08:32Thank you! And our hilly path is already leading
00:08:35us to an equally important historical place,
00:08:38the academic library named after Demyan Romanovich. Maria,
00:08:54please pay attention to the floor, we are in the library's
00:08:57collection, look, nothing surprises
00:08:59you, well, it's just some strange
00:09:02tiles, but it wasn't so simple, once the
00:09:06library's archive contained 650,000
00:09:09books, during the Great Patriotic War, fascist
00:09:13invaders massively took away books of interest to the Third
00:09:17Reich, the rest was ruthlessly burned, this is
00:09:20evidenced by traces on the floor of one of the book halls,
00:09:23the memory of books that burned for 3 days
00:09:26and three nights.
00:09:36Now we are in the oldest park of the Academy,
00:09:39this is a favorite place for citizens, teachers, and well...
00:09:42students, but here there is a very interesting
00:09:45feature: please pay attention to the fountain,
00:09:49it seems like a fountain like any other, but during the Great
00:09:52Patriotic War and before the years of the Great Patriotic
00:09:56War, a statue of a sportswoman stood
00:09:59in the center of the fountain, it was very stunning, reflecting
00:10:02love for physical culture, for sports, and here the story
00:10:05turned out to be sad, nearby in one of the buildings
00:10:09German officers set up a restaurant, it turned out that...
00:10:12it was very convenient to aim from its windows to shoot
00:10:16the unfortunate statue, so today a fountain stands
00:10:19in its place, but that's not all, there is another
00:10:23legend, in general: this entire territory until
00:10:261829 was part of Count
00:10:30Gusov's estate, and there is a legend that somewhere near this
00:10:33library he hid a treasure, in the 1920s
00:10:37his grandson came, excavations were carried out for 3
00:10:40days, but it is unknown if they found the treasure or not,
00:10:44they dug for 3 days and that's it, so we have a chance,
00:10:48theoretically, to leave here very rich,
00:10:50theoretically yes, I haven't seen any
00:10:54gold mountains yet, but summer Gorki definitely
00:10:57inspire, well-maintained paths, rustling trees and
00:11:01picturesque areas, this is all wonderful, but
00:11:05to fully enjoy nature in the academy area, every
00:11:08local tourist knows for sure, you need to go to
00:11:12I'm all for it!
00:11:28The medical garden of the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy is the oldest in the Republic of Belarus, as you saw
00:11:31at the entrance, the year of establishment was 1847.
00:11:35Well, the garden's collection includes about 3,000 species
00:11:38of varieties, the main directions of the garden are
00:11:42the preservation of biodiversity, replenishment,
00:11:45reproduction, introduction into production and sale
00:11:48of products. Well, the botanical garden can proudly boast
00:11:52of its collection, rare trees from all over
00:11:56the world grow here. Ginkgo Biloba, tulip
00:11:59tree and Paulownia. This is our
00:12:02relict tree Ginkgo Biloba,
00:12:05which, one might
00:12:07say, is widespread,
00:12:09medicinal. And the year of planting was before the war,
00:12:13during the Great Patriotic War
00:12:16the Germans did not take away this tree. Here it
00:12:19still lives, exists and delights us.
00:12:22And why is it considered medicinal? Very
00:12:25good for memory, for blood circulation. Ginkgo
00:12:28Biloba or Ginkgo bilobed. Two
00:12:31lobes. You can try it by taste.
00:12:34Really, just tear off a piece
00:12:37of a leaf.
00:12:41Try it. It's sour-bitter.
00:12:44Uh-huh.
00:12:47Cool. Well, that's it, after tasting, you can say that
00:12:51the initiation into botany is complete. But seriously,
00:12:54the botanical garden is a true pride of the academy, on 6
00:12:58hectares it has collected more than
00:12:591,350
00:13:02types, forms of varieties of plants, the garden itself has
00:13:05had the status of a historical and cultural value
00:13:09of Belarus for 16 years, so come, and I'll move on.
00:13:31The scientific and educational center, digital
00:13:34animal husbandry is intended for
00:13:37educational,
00:13:39scientific and research, scientific and technological,
00:13:43expert and analytical activities, training
00:13:46a new generation of specialists based on digital
00:13:50competencies. Yes, a lot of theory, but for students
00:13:54within these walls... it immediately turns into
00:13:57practice, in seven classrooms they work with equipment that
00:14:01is already used in real livestock
00:14:04enterprises of our country, they study how automated
00:14:08systems help monitor animal feeding,
00:14:11microclimate, their health and the work of the entire
00:14:14farm. In general, they do everything to make production
00:14:18more efficient and modern
00:14:20here are the filters, pay attention. This
00:14:24is how we filter milk, that
00:14:28is, first we milk the cow, then
00:14:31the milk is filtered, of course, of course, but again
00:14:35I want to draw your attention to the fact that
00:14:39we are not training
00:14:42operators, but we are training
00:14:44managers of livestock enterprises,
00:14:47well, as it should be, so they
00:14:51must know
00:14:54all these processes. Right, you have to be
00:14:58a master in your field. This is exactly what the scientific and educational
00:15:02center helps with. Each room is dedicated to a specific
00:15:05direction. There are three laboratories where you can clearly study the intricacies
00:15:09of pig breeding, beekeeping and fur farming. Here you can
00:15:13see samples of compound feeds, technological developments, and even
00:15:16models of animals, from cows and goats to pigs. The largest
00:15:20audience is allocated to pig breeding, here we are
00:15:24in it. The creation
00:15:27of digital science and practice of animal husbandry
00:15:29is carried out by developing digital
00:15:33twins. What is a digital twin?
00:15:36Digital twins in animal husbandry
00:15:39are highly intelligent
00:15:42assistants, agents, researchers,
00:15:46assistants, employees, experts
00:15:50in zootechnology, hygiene,
00:15:53here digital technologies come into
00:15:55play, to put it more simply, special programs
00:15:59help analyze data, calculate different scenarios
00:16:02for the development of the situation and make more accurate
00:16:06decisions, in fact...
00:16:39Maria, please pay attention to our memorial sign, it was
00:16:43unveiled on October 4, 2024,
00:16:46and it is dedicated to the centenary of the founding
00:16:49of the Land Management Faculty at the Belarusian State Agricultural
00:16:53Academy. In 2022, our
00:16:57academy held a competition among students, teachers, and also
00:17:01schoolchildren to see who could draw the best sketch. So,
00:17:04our head of department won this competition. Tatyana
00:17:12Vladimirovna wrote the scientific description, and Anna
00:17:15drew the sketch of this memorial
00:17:18sign. And nearby, current
00:17:21students undergo geodesic
00:17:24practice, and this is very much in the spirit of Gorki. Here,
00:17:28special attention is paid to practice. The memorial
00:17:30sign, although it appeared not so long ago, already has its own
00:17:34tradition. Graduates come here for an evening meeting,
00:17:38take photos, and recall their years of study. Of course,
00:17:41I am not a land surveyor, but I will definitely take
00:17:45a commemorative photo.
00:17:53This memorial sign was unveiled on October
00:17:563, 2025, exactly on the day of the 185th
00:17:59anniversary of the founding of the Belarusian State
00:18:03Agricultural Academy. If you get
00:18:05closer, it becomes clear. Before us is not just a memorial
00:18:09sign, but a whole history of the academy in symbols, and
00:18:12metal ears of grain, as if reaching upwards, inspiring
00:18:16development and new achievements. On the book you can
00:18:19see the coat of arms of the Academy and a mini-copy of the fourth
00:18:22building, from which its path
00:18:25began. Masha, look, this is our fountain, called
00:18:28Friendship of Peoples. Inside there is a statuette of three girls, they
00:18:32symbolize the three main races
00:18:35of our planet. Caucasian, Mongoloid
00:18:39and Negroid, they hold hands, yes, because
00:18:43it's the friendship of peoples,
00:18:45beautiful, of course, and meaningful, Gorki
00:18:48are becoming more and more impressive, and to finally feel
00:18:52completely at home here, I will get acquainted with
00:18:55the underwater world. Right at the entrance to the city
00:18:58is one of the most unusual objects in the region,
00:19:02the fish farming industrial complex, the Department of
00:19:05Ichthyology and Fish Farming.
00:19:17The Department of Ichthyology and Fish Farming is involved in training specialists for
00:19:21the country's fisheries industry, not only ours, but also CIS
00:19:25countries, this year we have been granted
00:19:29the status of a basic organization for training specialists
00:19:33for the fisheries industry for CIS
00:19:35countries.
00:19:37for the third year we have been training specialists in the specialty Aquatic
00:19:40Bioresources and Aquaculture, these specialists are quite versatile,
00:19:44that is, they can work with everything related to fish, with
00:19:48water, it is here that specialists are trained
00:19:52without whom the fishing industry cannot develop
00:19:55today, graduates become technologists of fish processing
00:19:59enterprises, fish farmers for modern complexes,
00:20:03environmental protection specialists, they work not only
00:20:06in production, but in scientific centers where they are engaged in
00:20:09research and the development of new
00:20:12technologies. Now we are in our
00:20:15aquariums, that is, this is - from the founding
00:20:19of the department there was always aquariums, but now it is a
00:20:22laboratory that studies biological water purification,
00:20:25here the guys study the general hydrochemical
00:20:29composition of water, how to purify water, including with the help of
00:20:32bacteria, because fish farming industrial complexes are now working
00:20:35on a system of closed water supply, which implies
00:20:39the use of a biological filter for
00:20:42water treatment. Beyond the walls of the complex is a whole world hidden from
00:20:45the eyes of an ordinary visitor. Here, a number of laboratories work, where
00:20:49future fish farmers study all stages of fish
00:20:52farming, from conditions of keeping to the peculiarities of its
00:20:56development. I really want to look into some of
00:20:59them. We are currently in our training laboratory for new
00:21:03aquaculture facilities, here there are educational
00:21:06models of closed systems, that is, there are two
00:21:10pond-type systems and, as it were,
00:21:13channel-type systems. And here we keep our
00:21:16educational, as it were, visual aid in the form of fish, that is, here is
00:21:20a collection of sturgeons that we keep and work with
00:21:23in classes, it would seem, just fish in
00:21:27pools, but in fact behind this is a lot
00:21:30of work, here a real living collection has been gathered,
00:21:34sturgeons, catfish, tilapias, koi carp
00:21:37and even turtles, they are
00:21:40cared for, grown and all stages of development
00:21:43are studied, we go through the entire technology of artificial
00:21:46reproduction of sturgeon, since at the moment, perhaps, this is
00:21:50the most difficult aquaculture object in terms of reproduction, that is, the guys themselves
00:21:54get black caviar, we even have golden caviar, we
00:21:57have an albino sterlet, yes, which lives well,
00:22:01which gives not black caviar, but because there is no pigment,
00:22:05it is whitish in color and it is called golden caviar, on
00:22:08the market it is much more expensive than black caviar,
00:22:12students can then eat this caviar, they can,
00:22:15of course, it's good to be a student of the academy, yes we have a very tasty
00:22:19and interesting specialty, it's true, let's go
00:22:22further to the fish farming industrial complex, which actively
00:22:26cooperates with the academy and for students is a
00:22:29practical base.
00:22:33Here begins its journey Belarusian trout, this is a
00:22:36fish farming industrial complex, put into operation in 2012,
00:22:39the complex was created with two goals, this is
00:22:43providing Belarus with its own planting
00:22:46material of rainbow trout, and also as...
00:23:20with some, but not all, but I'll have to deal with that
00:23:24next time, now it's time to move
00:23:27on,
00:23:36at the next stop on my route it will be very
00:23:39hot, this is a blacksmith workshop, and there I
00:23:42will meet one of the authors of that very
00:23:45memorial sign with the ears of corn, which I liked so much at
00:23:49the academy.
00:23:54Alexey Krovchenya, a local blacksmith, one of the creators
00:23:57of the memorial sign, has been working with metal for about
00:24:0012 years, although he never thought of connecting his life
00:24:04with it. The first thing that strikes the eye in Kuzmitsa is the
00:24:08huge number of hammers, and as it turned out, this is
00:24:11not a collection for the sake of collection. Different work requires its own
00:24:15tool, and part of the hammers, tongs and other
00:24:18tools, Alexey made himself, because
00:24:22for a true blacksmith a tool is also part
00:24:25of skill, while you are making it with your own hands, you will have time to understand
00:24:29the metal, feel it and get the hang of it.
00:24:32The production technology was based for a long time
00:24:36on forge welding, then already there
00:24:40before the beginning of the industrial revolution the Martin brothers took their
00:24:44furnace to Europe and let's say steel began to be produced
00:24:46en masse, but...
00:24:50the criterion for evaluation, the criterion for evaluation was
00:24:53the ring, that is, they checked with oh,
00:24:57beautiful,
00:24:59the ring must be even, clear, by no means dull, that
00:25:03is, uh-huh, this is one of the criteria, well,
00:25:07not the main one, but one of many, here it is already dull, yes, so with
00:25:10the theory everything is clear, the tool, its requirements for work
00:25:14are serious, quality is checked not by
00:25:17eye, but... Now I want to see the most important things,
00:25:20masterpieces created by the master's hand, water, moon,
00:25:24stars, fern, flower, well, here, I think, every Belarusian
00:25:28will say, this is Kupala and will not be mistaken,
00:25:32before us is the image of Kupala's Beregini, a girl
00:25:35releasing a wreath on the water. Alexey decided to tell
00:25:39this story in his own way: not through fabric, wood or
00:25:42straw, but through metal. It turned out to be a large competitive
00:25:45work, which even managed to visit ... I perfectly understand