Pavel Latushka, the Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus and the leader of the National Anti-Crisis Management, visited the Museum and Center of Belarusian Culture in Hajnówka, which was established over 40 years ago. At the beginning of the museum's creation, the government of the Byelorussian SSR provided support for its construction, and later, in the early 1990s, the government of independent Belarus did as well.
While working as the Ambassador of Belarus to Poland and as the Minister of Culture, Pavel Latushka provided organizational and financial support to the museum in Hajnówka for many years. During his visit and meeting with the museum's director, Tomasz Tikhaniuk, they discussed possibilities for cooperation with the Museum of Free Belarus in Warsaw, a cultural project of the National Anti-Crisis Management. Interaction with the Museum and Center of Belarusian Culture in Hajnówka may include organizing joint cultural and creative projects, art exhibitions, concerts, theater productions, film screenings, etc.
Pavel Latushka noted that it is important for the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus to facilitate extensive interaction between the Belarusian minority living in Poland and the Belarusian diaspora — Belarusians who have been forced to leave Belarus and are currently legalizing their stay in Poland. Pavel Latushka and Tomasz Tikhaniuk agreed that in the near future, they will explore the possibility of organizing an art exhibition from the collections of the Museum and Center of Belarusian Culture in Hajnówka at the Museum of Free Belarus in Warsaw. The Hajnówka museum's collection includes works by more than 40 Belarusian artists born in Poland, as well as representatives of the Belarusian diaspora.
Tomasz Tikhaniuk shared a story about a Belarusian family who, forced to leave Belarus four years ago, visited the museum recently. After their visit, they left a review noting that the museum's atmosphere reminded them of being in Belarus, their homeland.
It is very important for members of the Belarusian diaspora to acquaint themselves with the cultural heritage carefully preserved and developed by the Belarusian minority in Poland, and to visit places like the museum in Hajnówka. The museum's director recalled that Pavel Latushka, when he was the Ambassador of Belarus to Poland, initiated the installation of a commemorative plaque on the building of the Museum and Center of Belarusian Culture in Hajnówka dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the national poets of Belarus, Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas, and also initiated naming the streets of Hajnówka after Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas in 2007.
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